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Sphalerite (ex Brian Kosnar collection)
- 500' stope, 2100' level, Camp Bird mine, Ouray County, Colorado
- Small Cabinet, 5.5 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
- Start Time: 01/27/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/03/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The Camp Bird mine near Ouray, Colorado is one of the most classic of all the Colorado ore body localities. It is renowned for its superb sulfide specimens. This specimen features superb quality, sharp, lustrous, jet-black crystals of Sphalerite up to 1.1 cm across. The underside of the specimen is filled with micro olive-green Epidote and minor Calcite. Despite some damage around the periphery, this is a very good Sphalerite from this most classic of San Juan localities. These specimens are impossible to obtain these days, and are regarded among Colorado collectors as some of the best from the state.