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Smoky Quartz, Dolomite & Specularite (Sutcliffe Coll.)
- Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
- Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
- Start Time: 08/04/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/09/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An excellent and very showy combination specimen from the famous Florence Mine. Textbook, sharp, glassy, beta-quartz-type, smoky quartz crystals are flanked by tan dolomite rhombs and small fields of scintillating, silvery metallic plates of specularite hematite on hematite kidney ore matrix. Classic material recovered in the early 1970s mining operations and formerly in the collection of Raymond Clements, Chief Surveyor of the mine. Ex Ralph Sutcliffe Collection, noted English collector and dealer.