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Sphalerite ('Spinel'-twin) with Calcite
- Stari Trg Mine, Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
- Small Cabinet, 7.2 x 5.8 x 4.3 cm
- Start Time: 01/28/2021 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/04/2021 7:00:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $423
Item Description
The famous Stari Trg Mine is the central mine at Trepca and has produced some amazing display specimens over the years. This locality is well-known for its beautiful sulfides and even has produced some impressive pieces of phosphates like Vivianite and Ludlamite. This is a great old historic specimen featuring a predominant, very sharp, lustrous, well-formed, jet-black colored, "Spinel"-twin of Sphalerite measuring 6.0 cm long associated with beautiful slightly curved, translucent, white/colorless compressed trigonal crystals Calcite measuring up to 1.8 cm across. The piece is in great shape overall, and the quality and form of the Sphalerite twin is textbook! Hard to photograph, but it's really eye-catching in person. No damage that I can find on the display side. The specimen comes with a label from N. Stötzel in Siegen, Germany. The piece is priced in the inventory at $1,800.
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Bidding History
| Bid Amount | Bid Time |
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| $423 | 02/04/2021 6:54:54 pm (CST) |
| $413 | 02/04/2021 6:54:54 pm (CST) |
| $411 | 02/04/2021 6:53:32 pm (CST) |
| $401 | 02/04/2021 6:51:39 pm (CST) |
| $399 | 02/04/2021 6:51:39 pm (CST) |
| $387 | 02/04/2021 6:51:10 pm (CST) |
| $377 | 02/04/2021 6:51:10 pm (CST) |
| $343 | 02/04/2021 6:50:37 pm (CST) |
| $333 | 02/04/2021 6:50:37 pm (CST) |
| $311 | 02/04/2021 6:49:41 pm (CST) |
| $301 | 02/04/2021 6:49:41 pm (CST) |
| $298 | 02/04/2021 6:40:35 pm (CST) |
| $288 | 02/04/2021 6:40:35 pm (CST) |
| $269 | 02/02/2021 6:45:39 pm (CST) |
| $259 | 01/31/2021 3:41:13 am (CST) |
| $249 | 01/30/2021 10:50:42 am (CST) |