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Manganbabingtonite on Johannsenite (rare)
- Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona
- Miniature, 4.5 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
- Start Time: 04/22/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/01/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Sharp, lustrous, manganbabingtonite prisms to 3 mm are richly scattered in a sculptural vug lined with olive-green, acicular johannsenite crystals in sulfide-rich matrix on this showy and rich miniature from this well-known locale. Johannsenite is a rare Pyroxene Group species. Specimens of this richness and quality are uncommon from this locale. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection.