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Monazite (RARE) Trimingham Coll.
- Encampment District, Carbon Co., Wyoming
- Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm
- Start Time: 12/15/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 12/19/2013 7:08:32 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Monazite, a rare REE phosphate, is EXTREMELY RARE from this Wyoming District. A superb, large, single, euhedral flattened crystal is moderately lustrous and has reddish-brown color. The back side is partially contacted and embedded with muscovite. One usually finds euxenite-(Y) crystals at this locale. Ex Bob Trimingham Collection, and according to his label, was collected by the property owner Ralph Platt in about 1970. A real Wyoming rarity!