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Pyrochlore crystals on matrix
- Vishnevye Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
- Small Cabinet, 9.2 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
- Start Time: 11/28/2020 7:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 12/05/2020 7:10:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $170
Item Description
An excellent and very rich specimen from Vishnovogorsk, Ural Mts., Russia of the rare species pyrochlore, at its most beautiful for color and luster. This small cabinet is covered with sharp, glassy, partially gemmy, cinnamon brown Pyrochlore octahedrons up to 9 mm. The octahedrons are modified, and under good light they have flashes of gemmy red fire. Pyrochlore is an uncommon niobium oxide and crystals are usually brown and dull and earthy. Lustrous, glassy crystals such as these are quite uncommon and this locality is regarded as the king for "pretty" examples of the species. Most came out in the 1980s or before, I was once told, and were released from old stashes. Valued $750-1000
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Bidding History
| Bid Amount | Bid Time |
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| $170 | 12/05/2020 7:02:10 pm (CST) |
| $160 | 12/05/2020 7:02:10 pm (CST) |
| $150 | 12/05/2020 7:02:02 pm (CST) |
| $140 | 12/05/2020 7:02:02 pm (CST) |
| $130 | 12/05/2020 6:59:57 pm (CST) |
| $120 | 12/05/2020 6:59:57 pm (CST) |
| $110 | 12/05/2020 6:21:59 pm (CST) |
| $100 | 12/05/2020 6:21:59 pm (CST) |
| $80 | 12/05/2020 6:04:45 pm (CST) |
| $70 | 12/04/2020 7:45:06 pm (CST) |
| $60 * | 12/04/2020 7:44:55 pm (CST) |
| $60 * | 12/04/2020 7:44:55 pm (CST) |
| $43 | 12/04/2020 5:20:20 pm (CST) |
| $38 | 12/03/2020 9:14:05 am (CST) |
| $33 | 11/29/2020 7:43:28 am (CST) |
| $30 | 11/29/2020 7:43:28 am (CST) |
| $10 | 11/29/2020 2:35:28 am (CST) |