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Pyrrhotite w/ Sphalerite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
- Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbanya), Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
- Small Cabinet, 7.1 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
- Start Time: 07/21/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/27/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A cute "nest" of splendent, sharp sphalerite crystals accented with quartz crystal sprays and tiny siderite crystals is very aesthetically set atop intergrown sculptural stacked clusters of bronzy, pseudo-hexagonal pyrrhotite plates on this very showy and classic combination from this famous old locale. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 2620 and probably dates to the early 1960s. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record).
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