Magnetite in chlorite schist (uncommon locale) Kay Robertson Coll.

Ferschbach valley, Fellern, Stubach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Cabinet, 11.5 x 5.8 x 1.5 cm
Start Time: 07/27/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/03/2017 6:32:23 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Sharp, tiny magnetite octahedrons, to 3 mm, are peppered on both sides of the large sculptural laminated chlorite schist plate on this showy, excellent and rare specimen from this obscure Austrian locale. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 2017 and acquired in August, 1961. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record).

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