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Silver wires on Bornite (classic locale) Wes Parker Coll.
- 17th Level, San Martin Mine, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
- Miniature, 5.5 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
- Start Time: 04/28/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/03/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Curled, curved and straight silver wires with a rich patina, to about 8 mm, are scattered on the undulating matrix of solid bornite with pyrite ore. The bornite has classic blue/purple iridescence. This showy and excellent combination piece is from the ancient and well-known San Martin Mine, in operation since about 1555! Over 450 years. High quality material from the Wes Parker Collection, as even the mine level is known.