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superb Arizona Wulfenite w/ Willemite & Fluorite (RARE for Tiger) Robertson Coll.
- Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona
- Small Cabinet, 5.7 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
- Start Time: 08/09/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/16/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Fluorite is RARE from the famous Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine and this is an outstanding and rich combination small cabinet. The striking, sculptural, dense boxwork of lustrous golden-yellow wulfenite windowpanes is dramatically, richly and preferentially coated with beautiful tiny purple fluorite cubes and uncommon tiny, glassy, colorless willemite crystals. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 6659 and acquired from the Shale's in May, 1972. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017). RARE and desirable 360-degree combination from renowned Tiger. A MUST for the locality or species collector. Valued at $1000-1500 for richness, quality and rarity.
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