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Pharmacosiderite (old classic) Belsky Coll.
- St Day United Mines, Gwennap, St Day Dist., Cornwall, England
- Miniature, 4.5 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
- Start Time: 01/05/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/09/2014 6:46:50 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Pharmacosiderite is an uncommon hydrated iron arsenate and is a desirable highly Cornwall classic. Scintillating, gemmy, mostly grass-green with some golden-amber crystals fill the sculptural vug in hematite and quartz-rich matrix. The crystals GLOW in bright light. Classic, old English material, seldom seen now in any size or quality. The 4 lines of superb printing on the 1.5 cm label on the back indicates this piece was part of a collection, that we know was auctioned in 1908! Ex Howard Belsky Collection. Valued at $900-1200 for crystal sharpness and form, richness, and the old age of this rare specimen. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!!