Rhodochrosite & Quartz on Chert (W.S. Logan Coll.)

Wutong Mine, Liubao, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm
Start Time: 10/31/2019 12:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/07/2019 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A 2.0 cm, pretty rose-red, lustrous, translucent, stepped-growth rhodochrosite rhomb is beautifully set on one end of the RARE sculptural and unusual combination matrix. The rhomb rests on rare cream-colored chert and is strikingly accented with pods of starkly contrasting drusy quartz peppered with tiny pyrites. RARE and artistic combination rhodochrosite from the W.S. Logan Collection # X55-8.

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