Monazite-(Ce)

Joaqim Relicio Mine, Buenopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alvaro Lucio
Thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
Start Time: 10/03/2024 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/10/2024 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Current Bid: $100
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Item Description

A very nice, well-formed and beautiful twinned Monazite-(Ce) crystal that is incredibly lustrous and complete all around, front and back. This crystal is a gorgeous coppery-bronze color with almost a "metal flake" look to it. It is mostly translucent with a few gemmy areas along the edges. The crystal looks to be one crystal on one broad surface, yet the opposing face seems to be two distinct crystals...interesting, yet perplexing. Monazite-(Ce) is a REE phosphate and this piece exhibits textbook twinning on {100} and this piece may be doubly twinned, and certainly each end of the piece is twinned! We've never seen another Monazite-(Ce) crystal like this. It most likely originates from the 1980s find of great floater crystals from the Joaqim Relicio Mine at Buenopolis in Minas Gerais.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$100 10/06/2024 10:50:10 pm (CDT)
$90 10/06/2024 10:50:10 pm (CDT)
$80 10/06/2024 10:49:56 pm (CDT)
$70 10/06/2024 10:49:56 pm (CDT)
$60 10/05/2024 5:06:21 pm (CDT)
$50 10/05/2024 5:06:21 pm (CDT)
$30 10/05/2024 2:18:36 pm (CDT)
$25 10/05/2024 2:18:36 pm (CDT)
$20 10/05/2024 2:18:26 pm (CDT)
$15 10/05/2024 2:18:26 pm (CDT)
$10 10/03/2024 7:13:43 pm (CDT)