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Native Selenium (rare CA), Smithsonite & Pyrite
- Darwin Mine, Darwin Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
- Ex. Bob Reynolds
- Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
- Start Time: 03/16/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/23/2023 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $164
Item Description
Native Selenium is RARE from California. MINDAT lists only two localities for the species. This rare and showy vuggy two-sided small cabinet combination features dark reddish-brown native selenium coating botryoidal smithsonite on a matrix of corroded pyrite and quartz. This rare combination is from a noted small 1986 find on the 800' level of the well-known extinct Pb-Ag Darwin Mine. Ex Bob Reynolds collection. Valued at $1500-2000. Reynolds was the curator of the San Bernardino Museum and he was noted for the breadth of his important collection of California rarities.
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Bidding History
| Bid Amount | Bid Time |
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| $164 | 03/23/2023 5:21:05 pm (CDT) |
| $154 | 03/23/2023 7:04:00 am (CDT) |
| $144 | 03/23/2023 7:03:47 am (CDT) |
| $141 | 03/23/2023 7:03:47 am (CDT) |
| $131 | 03/21/2023 1:34:43 pm (CDT) |
| $121 | 03/21/2023 1:34:43 pm (CDT) |
| $111 | 03/18/2023 10:20:00 am (CDT) |
| $101 | 03/18/2023 10:20:00 am (CDT) |
| $79 | 03/17/2023 1:52:55 pm (CDT) |
| $69 | 03/17/2023 1:45:05 pm (CDT) |
| $66 | 03/17/2023 1:45:05 pm (CDT) |
| $50 | 03/17/2023 1:38:18 pm (CDT) |
| $45 | 03/17/2023 1:38:18 pm (CDT) |
| $38 | 03/17/2023 1:37:53 pm (CDT) |
| $33 | 03/17/2023 1:37:53 pm (CDT) |
| $10 | 03/17/2023 12:32:48 pm (CDT) |