Iridescent Jamesonite (RARE Arkansas!) Michael Howard Coll.

American Star Mine (May Mines), Gillham, Sevier Co., Arkansas
Miniature, 3.3 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Start Time: 08/11/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/18/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Mineral specimens of any type are rare from the intermittently worked obscure small antimony mines around Gillham and jamesonite is EXTREMELY RARE. A beautiful and impressive cluster of iridescent jamesonite needles fills a well-placed sculptural vug in the vein quartz matrix with attached shale. Ex Michael Howard Collection, a former geologist for the Arkansas Geological Survey and a mineral collector for over 30 years. An outstanding and rare Arkansas miniature rarity. A MUST for the locality or species collector.

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