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Opal (fluorescent) David Burgess Coll.
- Virgin Valley, Humboldt Co., Nevada
- Small Cabinet, 9.6 x 7.3 x 5.1 cm
- Start Time: 03/14/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/21/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very sculptural and impressive large opal specimen from Virgin Valley. The cream-colorled piece is highly lustrous to matte-finish and has the typical conchoidal fracture of opal. BRIGHT neon lime-green fluorescence! 188 grams mass. Ex David Burgess Collection, for whom Burgessite is named. Suitable as lapidiary material.