Smithsonite (superb quality) ex. Urish Coll.

Item Description

When we bought this collection, my partner, an Arizona and southwest specialist, valued this at $1600. It is, in fact, a SUPERB specimen of high quality. The color is perfect robins-egg blue, the luster is satiny and bright, and the smithsonite is slightly translucent. This is carving grade! And, it is a beautiful specimen with 3-dimensional hillocks and 360-degree display. For the size, and f anybody can get it for under $1000 or so, it is a piece of high quality that will stand the test of time and is MUCH better than the average representative level from this classic locale (now closed to collecting). From the well known Tucson collection of 40-year collector, Harold Urish.