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Pyromorphite (classic locale) ex Whitmore Coll.
- Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
- Small Cabinet, 5.7 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
- Start Time: 02/20/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/25/2010 6:30:23 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Light and dark olive-green pyromorphite prisms to 3 mm richly cover the quartz-rich gossan matrix on this showy old-timer from the less well-known Chester County Mine (according to its label) at Phoenixville. Primary ore production was from 1847-1854! Additional ore production took place from 1918-1920. I suspect this piece is from the late production, by the label on the back. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection and very rarely available material from this locale.