Mimetite (classic find!) ex Bob Reynolds Coll

Item Description

This specimen is part of the 2021 Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium benefit auction, with proceeds benefiting Mineralogical Record, Rocks & Minerals, Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, and mindat.org. Thanks to all of our participants!

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This is an excellent 3-dimensionality and "sparkle" to it, and these are literally one of the Holy Grails of collecting, as great ones were rare even when they came out. Now, 50 years later, they simply are not on the market. San Pedro Corralitos Mimetite from the famous finds in the late 1960s is immediately recognizable to any collector as one of the most desirable Mimetite specimens from any worldwide locality and has a unique appearance. Bright yellow, satin lustered orbs of mounded Mimetite cover the entire display face of this elongate specimen. This is a superb and aesthetic, three-dimensional cluster of variably-sized, golden-yellow Mimetite botryoids that vary between 3 mm to just under 1 cm across. The surface of these attractive and unbruised orbs scintillate due to their splendid satin luster. This piece looks great displayed horizontally or vertically. A rare and excellent old-time piece from a single famous pocket and find of 1968. Ex. Bob Reynolds collection (Bob was a well-known paleontologist and the longtime Natural History curator at the San Bernardino County Museum, and amassed a significant mineral collection as well). Values on these at shows can go stratospheric, as they are beautiful, and seldom seen except when old collections recycle. This should be fairly valued in the $6000-7500 range. Donated to the Symposium Auction in memory of Bob Reynolds.