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Hydroxylapatite on Orthoclase
- Sapo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Cabinet, 11.4 x 9.0 x 2.4 cm
- Start Time: 05/30/2009 6:20:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/04/2009 6:00:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
These remarkable and unusual hydroxylapatite specimens were really the only major new find at the 2005 Munich Show, of quantity and visual appeal. Italian dealer Riccardo Prato had gone to Brazil himself when the pocket came to light and got the most and best. This VERY showy CABINET piece consists of fat, juicy, dipyramidal crystals to 3.0 cm generouly scattered on lovely contrasting orthoclase matrix. No more of this style have been found since.