Neptunite (Marty Lewadny Coll.)

Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
Small Cabinet, 7.9 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Start Time: 04/16/2009 8:20:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/23/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Highly lustrous, jet-black neptunite crystals to 2.2 cm are beautifully scattered on the aesthetic, boat-like matrix vug on this classic and excellent specimen from the famous and now-closed Benitoite Gem Mine of California. Ex Marty Lewadny Collection of Winnepeg, Canada. The well-centered, large neptunites and the contrasting/accenting snow-white natrolite and blue matrix are noteworthy.

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