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Lawsonite (Type Locality - rare)
- Reed Station, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin Co., California
- Cabinet, 10.9 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
- Start Time: 01/03/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/10/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Lawsonite is a rare hydrated calcium, aluminum silicate and this rich and showy large piece is from the California Type Locality. Lustrous and translucent, pastel-pink to blue-gray crystals to 2.0 cm are richly scattered in the sparkly mica schist matrix. Classic and excellent older material. these sharp, blocky crystals are unusually well formed and isolated. valued $500