Meneghinite (very rare - rare locality specimen)

Item Description

An exceptionally hard to find, and notably good quality specimen of the very rare lead copper antimony sulfosalt Meneghinite from Pacific Cement and Aggregate Company Quarry in Santa Cruz County, California. This small cabinet specimen host features a rich patch of metallic silvery-grey crystals in white Quartz on host rock matrix. No only is this one of only a handful of pieces of this species that we've seen, it's certainly one of the best in terms of size, quality and presentation. The piece comes with a label from Allens Minerals that dates the specimen to January of 1970.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 3.3.5.1 CA.1; 9184 George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
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