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Kleinite (ultra rare mercury halide)
- McDermitt Mine, Opalite Dist., Humboldt Co., Nevada
- Small Cabinet, 7.4 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm
- Start Time: 11/01/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 11/07/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very rich and excellent large specimen of lustrous, rich golden-yellow, kleinite microcrystals festooned on two sides of the starkly contrasting, gray cristobalite matrix from the McDermitt Mine of Nevada. Old material collected in the mid-1980s. Kleinite is an ultra rare mecury halide, known from only 3 localities, worldwide! Valued $400-500.