Rhodochrosite on Manganite ore

Moanda Mine, Haut-Ogooué Prov., Gabon
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
Cabinet, 12.5 x 12.0 x 4.2 cm
Start Time: 01/12/2023 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/19/2023 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Winning Bid: $1,001
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Item Description

Beautiful, lustrous, gemmy to translucent, cherry-red to brownish-red rhodochrosite scalenohedrons are richly and dramatically scattered on both sides of the sculptural and aesthetic, large triangular, layered manganite ore matrix plate. The crystals reach 1.0 cm and the adorable large pinwheel is 1.6 cm across. The specimen is from the uncommon rich older Moanda Manganese Mine in Gabon. The noted scattered bruising is acceptable in the context of the size, richness and rarity of the piece. Rhodochrosite from the Moanda Mine is considered to be rare material and this is an impressive and very rich large two-sided example. Ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection. This material came out in the 1970s and early 1980s and no more has been found.

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Bidding History

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$1,001 01/19/2023 6:24:31 pm (CST)
$1,000 01/19/2023 6:24:31 pm (CST)
$780 01/19/2023 6:23:16 pm (CST)
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