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Heterosite (rare) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)
- Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
- Cabinet, 9.7 x 5.2 x 0.9 cm
- Start Time: 03/31/2022 9:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/07/2022 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $190
Item Description
A hard to find specimen of the rare iron manganese phosphate, Heterosite from the Black Mountain Quarry in Rumford, Maine. This piece is loaded with intense purple colored patches of Heterosite on both sides. If you collect rarities, minerals of Maine or hard to find locality specimens, this is a superb opportunity to pick up something that is rarely available on the market. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974 ( https://www.mindat.org/photo-326405.html ).
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Bidding History
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| $190 | 04/03/2022 2:28:58 pm (CDT) |
| $188 | 04/03/2022 2:28:58 pm (CDT) |
| $180 | 04/02/2022 2:29:19 pm (CDT) |
| $170 | 04/02/2022 2:29:19 pm (CDT) |
| $160 | 04/02/2022 2:29:05 pm (CDT) |
| $150 | 04/02/2022 2:29:05 pm (CDT) |
| $140 | 04/02/2022 2:28:40 pm (CDT) |
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| $120 | 04/02/2022 2:15:45 am (CDT) |
| $110 | 04/02/2022 2:15:45 am (CDT) |
| $100 | 04/02/2022 2:15:37 am (CDT) |
| $90 | 04/02/2022 2:15:37 am (CDT) |
| $80 | 04/01/2022 11:35:43 pm (CDT) |
| $70 | 04/01/2022 4:49:42 pm (CDT) |
| $60 | 04/01/2022 4:49:36 pm (CDT) |
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| $45 | 04/01/2022 4:49:29 pm (CDT) |
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| $35 | 04/01/2022 4:24:35 pm (CDT) |
| $30 | 04/01/2022 4:24:35 pm (CDT) |
| $15 | 04/01/2022 3:45:50 pm (CDT) |
| $10 | 04/01/2022 2:05:34 am (CDT) |