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Guanacoite (rare - Type Locality) Carmichael Coll.
- El Guanaco Mine, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Region, Chile
- Miniature, 3.6 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
- Start Time: 01/05/2017 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/12/2017 6:36:13 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Guanacoite is an ultra-rare secondary hydrated Cu-Mg arsenate approved in 2003 and found in only two localites worldwide. Pretty lustrous tiny powder-blue prismatic to acicular crystals richly cover all sides of the blocky miniature matrix on this piece from the Type Locality. Choice and rich material from this locale from the Eugene Carmichael Collection.
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