Smithsonite ps. After Calcite (Wouter van Tichelen Coll.)

San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 7.5 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Start Time: 08/27/2020 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/03/2020 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $261
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Item Description

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A superb, beautifully constructed and pristine pseudomorph from the well-known San Antonio Mine at famed Santa Eulalia. Dramatically flaired pseudos of large, isolated, translucent, olive-green smithsonite after calcite crystals to 2.7 cm are beautifully accented by tiny quartz and pyrite crystals covering the matrix. This mine is famous outstanding blue and yellow botryoidal smithsonite, but has also produced excellent pseudos, such as this exemplary piece. See the 2018 Santa Eulalia Mineralogical Record Mexico Special Issue VIII, Vol. 49, No. 1. Choice material from the Wouter van Tichelen Pseudomorph Collection.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$261 09/03/2020 5:46:40 pm (CDT)
$251 09/03/2020 5:46:40 pm (CDT)
$232 09/03/2020 5:46:28 pm (CDT)
$222 09/03/2020 5:46:28 pm (CDT)
$171 09/02/2020 9:46:54 pm (CDT)
$161 09/02/2020 4:37:35 am (CDT)
$151 * 09/02/2020 4:36:47 am (CDT)
$151 * 09/02/2020 4:36:47 am (CDT)
$140 09/02/2020 4:36:09 am (CDT)
$130 09/02/2020 4:36:09 am (CDT)
$120 08/30/2020 5:29:36 pm (CDT)
$110 08/30/2020 5:29:25 pm (CDT)
$101 08/30/2020 5:29:25 pm (CDT)
$61 08/30/2020 5:29:14 pm (CDT)
$51 08/30/2020 5:29:14 pm (CDT)
$10 08/29/2020 12:05:21 pm (CDT)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.