Stibnite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

Bajuz, Maramures County, Romania
Small Cabinet, 9.5 x 6.8 x 4.2 cm
Start Time: 02/04/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/11/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

This locality in northern Romania actually dates back to the time of the Romans, and is one of the more significant European localities for Stibnite This piece is a very showy classic Romanian Stibnite specimen featuring beautiful metallic "sprays" of thin, black-grey color prismatic crystals which are bursting out of a slab of matrix While a few of the Stibnite crystals are broken, many of them are fully terminated, which is more than can be said of many of the matrix Stibnite specimens from this locality. A superb cabinet size matrix display specimen of this prized material. Valued at $800-$1000

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