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Smithsonite - huge, 1990s find
- Choix, Choix Mun., Sinaloa, Mexico
- 14.7 x 12.9 x 9.4 cm, 5.8 pounds
- Start Time: 08/24/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/31/2023 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $2,100
Item Description
This is a highly important, LARGE example of Mexico's famous smithsonite discovery from the late 1990s. Beautifully colorful, rich multi-hued bluish-green to whitish-green botryoidal smithsonite covers this impressive large specimen from famed Choix locality, mined by Benny Fenn in the late 1990s. The waxy luster bubbly botryoids have striking translucence. Most of the banded rind is 1.5 cm thick with a few areas up to 2.0 cm thick. The thick and translucent rind GLOWS, when backlit showing this is rich high quality carving rough. From 1990s finds at the well-known locale. 2645 grams or 5.8 pounds mass. Valued at $5000 or more. You almost never see such large specimens today in such a quality, let alone in this saturated color.
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Bidding History
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| $2,100 | 08/25/2023 7:33:22 pm (CDT) |
| $2,052 | 08/25/2023 7:33:22 pm (CDT) |
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