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Sulfur on Calcite (old classic) Dr. Franz and Mullane Coll.
- Racalmuto Mine, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
- Small Cabinet, 8.3 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm
- Start Time: 03/03/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/10/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A 2.8 x 2.6 cm, blocky, lustrous and translucent, sulfur-yellow, sulfur crystal is aesthetically set on 3-dimensional, botryoidal, calcite matrix and is nicely accented with a host of smaller sulfur crystals. The primary crystal is pristine and even has a cavern in it! Cleaved crystals are noted, but this remains a very highly representative, old-timer from this famous Italian locale. Ex Herb. Franz Collection of Vienna. Classic material from the Mullane Collection and comes with a faded Bradlleys label and an Anton Berger label, well-known Austrian mineral dealers from the 1920s-1950s. $23.00 in those days was not cheap! valued $300-400 today