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Hutchinsonite (rare thallium species)
- Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
- Miniature, 4.0 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm
- Start Time: 09/23/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/29/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Hutchinsonite is a rare thallium, lead, arsenic sulfosalt. Brilliant, metallic, striated, vermillion-scarlet lathes to a very large for the locality and species, 1.0 cm, are richly and attractively concentrated on the front and one edge of the dense sulfide matrix. Collected in the late 1970s and early 1980s from the Quiruvilca Mine, these are considered to be the worlds finest examples of this very rare species. Choice and rich material.