Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Thumbnail, 2.4 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm
Start Time: 12/07/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/12/2013 6:36:09 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Pyrosmalite specimens are well-known from this renowned deposit and easily the finest examples of the manganese-rich variety comes from here. This sculptural thumbnail crust is solid, juicy, orangy-red, hexagonal prisms. They reach 3 mm. Specimens of any size of this uniform high quality are rare. Ex Bob Trimingham Collection. He paid $300 for this fine cutie in 1999. THIS IS VERY RARE MATERIAL ON THE MARKET! I have seen only a few for sale with Aussie dealers, at $1000-plus for a thumbnail like this.

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