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Kermesite (Type Locality) ex Obodda
- Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Braunsdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
- Thumbnail, 2.4 x 2.4 x 0.9 cm
- Start Time: 10/12/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/18/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A great German classic from the 1800s. A scultpural and beautiful, radiating spray of flat-lying, highly lustrous, acicular, deep wine-red kermesite crystals to about 2.0 cm from the historic, old German Type Locality - the Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine of Saxony. These are very large crystals for the locale. An exceptional floater for the species and famed locale. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock.