Rhodochrosite w/ Gypsum (Consie Prince Coll.)

Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 9.4 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Start Time: 07/05/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/12/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Scintillating, beautiful pastel-pink, spherical aggregates of rhodochrosite rhombs with plates of water-clear gypsum blades strikingly fill a large sculptural vug in starkly contrasting massive sulfide matrix on this very fine, larger specimen from the famous mines at Santa Eulalia. Classic and most excellent, large, older material from the Consie Prince Collection. Valued at $400-600.

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