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Mimetite on Quartz (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
- Badenweiler Pb mining district, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 6.0 x 5.2 cm
- Start Time: 07/01/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/05/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Rich orange lustrous and translucent mimetite botryoids line a sculptural vug in massive and vuggy quartz matrix on this showy and excellent old-timer from this ancient and extinct lead-silver mining district. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 7227 and acquired from Ron Bentley in March, 1974. Previously in the A. Frenzel Collection. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017). Mimetite from here is a classic and highly desirable species from here.
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