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Scheelite (fluorescent) on Drusy Quartz & Fluorite (Lockhart Coll.)
- 5 Level, Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Ouray Co., Colorado
- Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
- Start Time: 03/01/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/11/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Lustrous and translucent, gray, scheelite crystals are aesthetically and richly stacked on the starkly contrasting mounded matrix of drusy quartz floored with bright green fluorite. The textbook, tetragonal crystal reach 2.0 cm. Classic, much sought-after combination material from the famous Camp Bird Mine of Colorado and the 1990 collecting effort. Now rare on the market, this is a very choice and showy piece in the size range. Bright white fluorescence on the scheelite, as you would expect! Ex Brent Lockhart Collection and comes with a custom-made and engraved lucite base valued at $100 as a free bonus. Valued $750-900