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Percylite (rare) w/ Gold (Columbia Univ.-AMNH Coll.)
- Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Chile
- Miniature, 4.1 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
- Start Time: 10/18/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/25/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Percylite is a rare mixture of boleite and pseudoboleite. It is not recognized as a species. That being said, this is a rare and rich specimen of powder-blue percylite and an unknown green copper chloride with visible specs of gold from this well-known district in Chile. Ex Columbia University-American Museum and Eugene Carmichael Collections.