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Groutite on Petrified Wood (Mullane Coll.)
- Black Water Mine, Black Mesa Basin, Apache Co., Arizona
- Thumbnail, 2.9 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
- Start Time: 05/13/2009 5:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/21/2009 5:00:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Groutite is a RARE manganese oxide. Lustrous needles of groutite, to 5 mm, are scatttered on BOTH sides and the top of the ribbed, quartz-replaced petrified wood! I have seen just a few specimens of this material before, and in every case it sold immediately - this is rare, hard to obtain material. This specimen is from a remarkable and so far unique find in 1975. A miner who"d worked in the area for years brought in a small lot of specimens to a rock shop owned by Lolette Dalbeck in Ridgecrest, California. Ex Mullane Collection.