Olmiite (rare)

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa (Type Locality)
Ex. Shields Flynn
Small Cabinet, 9.5 x 8.6 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 12/19/2024 7:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/04/2025 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Current Bid: $477
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Item Description

A wonderful, showy and fine quality cabinet sized specimen hosting excellent, sparkling, translucent, well-crystallized "balls" of pinkish-orange Olmiite on matrix. The internal color of the Olmiite spheres just GLOWS when the piece is backlit. The largest group of Olmiite crystals measures 1.4 cm across. This mineral is truly found in one part of the world in fine display specimens, and the color is so distinctive and unique that it really stands out as one of the most significant NEWLY discovered minerals in the last 20 years. Keep in mind that virtually all of these specimens were labeled as being Poldervaartite, which now is an exceptionally rare species. Without the specimens from the N'Chwaning Mines, most people would have no knowledge of the species Olmiite. I tend to think of these specimens the same way I do Pentagonite, which is to say that they are both incredibly rare and beautiful species with clearly eye-visible crystals, and finest specimens truly come from one place in the world. Valued $5,000.
Ex Shields Flynn collection.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$477 12/21/2024 8:23:39 am (CST)
$467 12/21/2024 8:23:39 am (CST)
$249 12/20/2024 2:25:18 pm (CST)