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Harmotome (classic locale) ex Jamie Bird Coll.
- Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland
- Small Cabinet, 5.9 x 4.1 x 3.0 cm
- Start Time: 04/23/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/30/2009 8:10:12 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A CLASSIC, OLD-TIME specimen of lustrous, pearlescent harmotome crystals to 1.4 cm on mounded matrix from the famous Bellsgrove Mine at Strontian, Scotland. Harmotome is a rare zeolite group mineral and many of the crystals are cyclic twins, including the largest, prominently placed large crystal. A fine, showy piece. Valued at??? Hard to say. New ones came out recently in the late 90s, but the older ones, to my mind, are better. This one, I'd say $300. Ex Jamie Bird Collection, a California collector from the 1960s-1980s.