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Rhodochrosite, Galena, Calcite & Arsenopyrite (rare combo - classic locale)
- Trepca complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
- Small Cabinet, 7.3 x 7.2 x 7.0 cm
- Start Time: 05/13/2021 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/20/2021 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $150
Item Description
A RARE and impressive 360-degree small cabient combination knob from the historic mines of the Trepca District. A 2.2 cm field of pretty, lustrous, pastel-pink rhodochrosite rhombs is dramatically flanked by striking melted-look, stepped-growth, splendent metallic-gray, tightly intergrown galena cuboctahedrons, to 3.7 cm and an impressive blanket of small, glassy, frosted calcite scalenohedrons, that cover over one-half of the knob. One calcite covered face is peppered with small, sharp, brassy, metallic-bright arsenopyrite crystals and you can also see hints of pink rhodochrosite covered by the calcites here. Complete all-around and nearly pristine, with only a modest bit of lower periphery wear at the galena, rhodochrosite and calcite contact and a bit of basal periphery wear. There is also sphalerite and chalcopyrite in the base of the piece. See the 1973 Mineralogical Record article in Vol. 4, No. 2. , when the complex was in Yugoslavia. An exceptional, sculptural, aesthetic and rare combination from this famed polymetallic-silver mining complex.
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Bidding History
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$150 | 05/20/2021 6:24:15 pm (CDT) |
$144 | 05/20/2021 6:24:15 pm (CDT) |
$101 | 05/20/2021 4:15:43 pm (CDT) |
$91 | 05/20/2021 3:56:39 pm (CDT) |
$89 | 05/20/2021 3:56:39 pm (CDT) |
$81 | 05/20/2021 3:56:29 pm (CDT) |
$71 | 05/20/2021 3:56:29 pm (CDT) |
$61 | 05/20/2021 3:50:48 pm (CDT) |
$51 | 05/15/2021 6:51:37 pm (CDT) |
$50 | 05/15/2021 6:51:37 pm (CDT) |
$30 | 05/15/2021 5:46:42 pm (CDT) |
$25 | 05/15/2021 5:36:40 pm (CDT) |
$20 | 05/15/2021 4:48:17 pm (CDT) |
$15 | 05/15/2021 1:34:15 pm (CDT) |
$10 | 05/15/2021 11:18:26 am (CDT) |