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Galena on Calcite (old classic) Mullane Coll.
- Rossie, St. Lawrence Co., New York
- Small Cabinet, 9.2 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm
- Start Time: 07/11/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/21/2011 6:32:49 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The lead mines at Rossie are among the most famous early American mineral localities. Lead mining took place from the 1830s until 1876. A sharp, lustrous, 1.5 x 1.4 cm, battleship-gray galena cube is jauntily set atop blocky, rhombic calcite matrix with a few smaller accenting galena crystals. These are rare and hard to get specimens from this historic US locality. Ex Mullane Collection and comes with an older, faded, Bourget Bros. label.