Sulfur on Calcite (drill core) (RARE locality specimen)

Boling Dome, Newgulf, Wharton County, Texas
Cabinet, 13.2 x 12.1 x 11.7 cm
Start Time: 04/22/2021 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/29/2021 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $555

Item Description

An incredibly hard to find specimen from the Boling Salt Dome locality southwest of Houston (specifically NNE of the town of Newgulf). I encourage everybody to read the statistics about the locality on mindat.org ( https://www.mindat.org/loc-30972.html ), my favorite being the sheer size of dome itself, which was calculated at 31.3 cubic miles. We've only seen a handful of these specimens over the years, and this one is by far the biggest and heftiest (it weighs 2,757 grams - just over 6 pounds). The piece is a section of a rotary drill core used to essentially gauge the magnitude or volume of a commodity in a certain section of the deposit. The piece features an open exposed vug lined with sparkling cream colored Calcite crystals and hosts a sharp, well-formed, bright lemon yellow Sulfur crystal measuring 1.7 cm. The crystal itself is undamaged and shows good inner gemminess when backlit. Minerals from Texas are not terribly common to find on the market, but this piece is different than most you'll see due to the interesting nature of its extraction and the shape of the piece from the drill core. It's important to note that actual crystallized sulfur from this locality is extremely hard to find because they actually dissolved the sulfur with superheated water and compressed air and collected it from deep wells underground, so nearly all the crystals were "melted" away. A must have specimen for any fan of worldwide Sulfur specimens or minerals of Texas. Priced at $3,000 in the inventory. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the weight of the specimen, an additional shipping charge will be required. If you have any questions about shipping, please contact us before bidding.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$555 04/29/2021 6:34:24 pm (CDT)
$531 04/29/2021 6:34:24 pm (CDT)
$530 04/29/2021 6:34:18 pm (CDT)
$505 04/29/2021 6:34:18 pm (CDT)
$495 04/29/2021 6:34:04 pm (CDT)
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$445 04/29/2021 6:33:21 pm (CDT)
$435 04/29/2021 6:33:13 pm (CDT)
$425 04/29/2021 6:33:13 pm (CDT)
$415 04/29/2021 4:07:27 pm (CDT)
$405 04/29/2021 4:07:27 pm (CDT)
$360 04/29/2021 2:43:28 pm (CDT)
$350 04/29/2021 2:43:28 pm (CDT)
$315 04/27/2021 3:33:50 pm (CDT)
$305 04/27/2021 3:33:49 pm (CDT)
$269 04/25/2021 6:54:26 am (CDT)
$259 04/25/2021 6:54:26 am (CDT)
$249 04/24/2021 10:15:28 am (CDT)