Hemimorphite after Calcite

Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin
Small Cabinet, 8.6 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Start Time: 09/11/2008 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/23/2008 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

A dog tooth spar, crystal of calcite has been replaced by hemimorphite. Ex collection of William Jefferis (1878!). Unuusual?ugly, we admit, but decidedly unusual and from a classic old US locality that is long gone

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