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Magnesite (fluorescent)
- Cedar Hill Quarry, State Line Chromite Dist., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
- Cabinet, 11.5 x 7.1 x 1.6 cm
- Start Time: 03/01/2015 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/05/2015 7:25:47 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Pastel-green magnesite (colored by nickel impurities) with an unusual knobby/bubbly/drusy form covers a thin layer of white magnesite on this large, attractive thin plate. The specimen is from the Cedar Hill Quarry of Pennsylvania [see, however, http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-150141.html], a gravel quarry mining the State-line belt of serpentines and is near the famous Woods Chrome Mine. Such green magnesite specimens are rare and desirable from this locale. Yellow-green fluorescence. Valued at $200-300.