Kovdorskite (Very Rare, TL)

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Jingnan (Tom) Zhang
Small Cabinet, 5.3 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 08/24/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/31/2023 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $280
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Item Description

Kovdorskite is a very rare hydrated magnesium phosphate found in only one locality in the world, on the Kola Peninsula of Russia. This is a large specimen with a small pocket that contains a few individual crystals to 8 mm which are rarely seen so sharply isolated, and the smaller crystals in the pocket are shockingly gemmy crystals for this species; and lustrous as well. This is old material from the 1990s, seldom seen today. The matrix presentation of the crystals in context is extraordinarily uncommon - and aesthetic in this case. Ex. Jingnan (Tom) Zhang Coll.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$280 08/31/2023 6:17:59 pm (CDT)
$270 08/31/2023 6:17:59 pm (CDT)
$260 08/31/2023 6:17:45 pm (CDT)
$250 08/31/2023 6:17:45 pm (CDT)
$240 08/31/2023 6:07:37 pm (CDT)
$230 08/31/2023 6:07:36 pm (CDT)
$205 08/31/2023 5:26:55 pm (CDT)
$195 08/31/2023 5:26:55 pm (CDT)
$150 08/31/2023 3:18:22 pm (CDT)
$140 08/31/2023 3:18:22 pm (CDT)
$130 08/30/2023 10:08:43 pm (CDT)
$120 08/30/2023 7:09:11 pm (CDT)
$110 08/30/2023 7:08:54 pm (CDT)
$100 08/30/2023 7:08:54 pm (CDT)
$90 08/30/2023 7:08:42 pm (CDT)
$80 08/30/2023 7:08:42 pm (CDT)
$60 08/30/2023 7:07:57 pm (CDT)
$50 08/30/2023 7:07:57 pm (CDT)
$35 08/30/2023 7:07:03 pm (CDT)
$30 08/30/2023 7:07:03 pm (CDT)
$25 08/27/2023 5:28:12 pm (CDT)
$20 * 08/27/2023 5:27:53 pm (CDT)
$20 * 08/27/2023 5:27:53 pm (CDT)
$15 08/27/2023 4:19:11 am (CDT)
$10 08/25/2023 4:50:26 am (CDT)
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