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Olivine on Serpentine (Wein Coll.)
- Lower Riffl glacier, Stubach valley, Salzburg, Austria
- Small Cabinet, 9.8 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
- Start Time: 02/12/2009 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/19/2009 8:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A gemmy and lustrous, 1.1 cm, green olivine crystal is aesthetically set in a sculptural, swirl-patterned serpentine matrix with other contacted olivine crystals in this showy and excellent specimen from the famous Riffl Glacier of Austria. A highly representative specimen of the species and locale from the Rolf Wein Collection, a note Alpine specialist. Collected in 1972.