Graphite (historic locale) ex Belsky Coll.

Lead Hill prospect, Ticonderoga, Essex Co., New York
Miniature, 3.3 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm
Start Time: 08/20/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/26/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

Splendent, platy flakes of graphite on matrix from the oldest graphite mining area in the USA (pre 1842). An excellent and uncommon example of elemental carbon at its best (except for diamond!). Old-time material from the Howard Belsky Collection.

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