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Spessartine Garnet gem crystal
- Loliondo, near Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
- Thumbnail, 2.4 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
- Start Time: 10/27/2022 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 11/03/2022 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $380
Item Description
An early 2000s discovery on Maasai tribal lands in Tanzania yielded up this incredible find of garnet, from which this thumbnail came. One of our best thumbnails of the lot at that time, this is a SUPER SHARP, fully-terminated, carved-looking "golf ball." It is a full sized TN specimen and stunning in a competitive case because of the combination of form and color both. This is complete all around, and has intense orange color when backlit strongly. It is more gemmy/translucent in person, as well. Weight is 19 grams. Valued $1000-1500. Lower quality material was common. This, even at the time, was among the better in size range for condition and quality.
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Bidding History
| Bid Amount | Bid Time |
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| $380 | 11/03/2022 2:43:56 pm (CDT) |
| $370 | 11/03/2022 2:43:56 pm (CDT) |
| $310 | 11/03/2022 2:43:26 pm (CDT) |
| $300 | 11/03/2022 2:43:26 pm (CDT) |
| $185 | 11/03/2022 11:13:31 am (CDT) |
| $175 | 11/03/2022 11:13:31 am (CDT) |
| $130 | 11/03/2022 10:41:01 am (CDT) |
| $120 | 11/03/2022 10:04:38 am (CDT) |
| $110 | 10/31/2022 12:17:19 pm (CDT) |
| $100 | 10/30/2022 3:48:24 pm (CDT) |
| $97 | 10/30/2022 3:48:24 pm (CDT) |
| $87 | 10/30/2022 4:36:01 am (CDT) |
| $77 | 10/30/2022 4:36:00 am (CDT) |
| $70 | 10/29/2022 6:14:21 pm (CDT) |
| $60 | 10/29/2022 6:14:21 pm (CDT) |
| $50 | 10/29/2022 5:55:51 pm (CDT) |
| $45 | 10/29/2022 9:54:11 am (CDT) |
| $40 | 10/29/2022 8:58:11 am (CDT) |
| $35 * | 10/28/2022 9:25:37 pm (CDT) |
| $35 * | 10/28/2022 9:25:37 pm (CDT) |
| $30 | 10/28/2022 8:25:02 pm (CDT) |
| $25 | 10/28/2022 8:25:02 pm (CDT) |
| $20 | 10/28/2022 8:24:58 pm (CDT) |
| $15 | 10/28/2022 8:24:58 pm (CDT) |
| $10 | 10/28/2022 6:44:27 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.