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Malachite
- Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
- Ex. Al Kidwell
- Small Cabinet, 5.3 x 5.1 x 2.3 cm
- Start Time: 01/05/2023 7:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/12/2023 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $170
Item Description
It's rare to find Malachite specimens from the Musonoi Mine. The locality is actually best known for its radioactive minerals. Most of the specimens you'll see on the market were mined circa 1960-1980s, and very little is out there today. This piece is a beautiful and showy small cabinet display specimen featuring attractive, lustrous, sparkling, rich green colored stalactitic-shaped groups of Malachite sitting on very minor oxidized matrix. If you collect secondary ore minerals, copper minerals or minerals from Africa, don't miss out on this lovely and hard to find specimen from this famous locality. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974.
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Bidding History
| Bid Amount | Bid Time |
|---|---|
| $170 | 01/12/2023 6:02:00 pm (CST) |
| $160 | 01/12/2023 6:02:00 pm (CST) |
| $117 | 01/12/2023 6:01:02 pm (CST) |
| $107 | 01/12/2023 6:01:02 pm (CST) |
| $97 | 01/12/2023 6:00:43 pm (CST) |
| $87 | 01/12/2023 6:00:43 pm (CST) |
| $75 | 01/12/2023 10:11:58 am (CST) |
| $65 | 01/12/2023 10:11:58 am (CST) |
| $35 | 01/11/2023 1:00:14 am (CST) |
| $30 | 01/10/2023 7:53:29 am (CST) |
| $25 | 01/09/2023 3:07:27 pm (CST) |
| $20 | 01/09/2023 3:07:27 pm (CST) |
| $15 | 01/08/2023 5:47:02 pm (CST) |
| $10 | 01/06/2023 12:15:31 pm (CST) |