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Tarbuttite With Skorpionite (original find!)
- Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Luderitz District, Karas Region, Namibia
- Miniature, 5.0 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
- Start Time: 03/03/2022 7:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/10/2022 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $388
Item Description
An elegantly formed specimen of large tarbuttite "sheaves" lightly decorated with minute white crystals of the new phosphate species Skorpionite, described formally in 2008 from this, the type locality. The skorpionite occurs in crevasses in the tarbuttite cluster as microcrystalline material. In person, the color of the tarbuttite is a soft pastel green, very unusual and interesting! It is translucent when backlit. This is from the 2007 discovery, brought to Munich for sale in 2008 and from that first lot to come to market and therefore should be considered from the same discovery and find as the type material (cotype). Valued $1000-1500
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Bidding History
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| $388 | 03/10/2022 2:47:03 pm (CST) |
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