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Samsonite (rare - Type Locality) Urban Coll.
- Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Thumbnail, 0.6 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm, Thumbnail
- Start Time: 07/11/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/17/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Samsonite is a rare Ag-Mn-Sb sulfosalt and this fine crystal is from the namesake Type Locality at St. Andreasberg. The sharp, elongated, silver-metallic, 6 mm prism is in a 4.2 cm long stoppered glass tube. Although a micro, these are just not in the market at ANY SIZE. They were found once in the mid-1800s, is all. So, this is a fairly large crystal for a collector to obtain for this species and famed locality. Ex Joe Urban Collection. Choice old-time material.