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Schorl in Muscovite schist (Whitmore Coll.)
- Turner Mine, Marlow, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
- Cabinet, 12.0 x 7.2 x 5.1 cm
- Start Time: 11/13/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 11/17/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Lustrous, jet-black schorl prisms are festooned on both sides of this large muscovite schist matrix. Crystals reach 3.7 cm on this rare, old specimen from an obscure New Hampshire pegmatite quarry. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection.