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Scheelite on Quartz (ex Bement & American Musuem)
- Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Bohemia, Czech Republic
- Small Cabinet, 5.5 x 4.0 x 1.7 cm
- Start Time: 08/15/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/21/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This scheelite is exceptional for Zinnwald. It is a CLASSIC old scheelite from a classic locality, with lustrous crystals to 9 mm, perched on a multiply terminated quartz shard. This is very beautiful and aesthetic! Ghostly white fluorescence. Ex American Museum of Natural History and shows a Bement collection numbering on the bottom, along with the "arrow" that the AMNH curator Gratacap used to show alignment of specimens on a display shelf. This indicates the piece was on display after the donation of the Bement collection around 1910, by financier JP Morgan. Also ex Larry Conklin Collection.