"Turkey fat" Smithsonite (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.

Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas
Miniature, 3.4 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Start Time: 07/28/2018 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/02/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A cute and sculptural miniature crust of "turkey fat" smithsonite from Rush Creek. Yellow greenockite (cadmium sulfide) is included in the smithsonite, that has pseudomorphed the 3-dimensional cluster of saddle-shaped dolomite rhombs. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 2917 and acquired at the Southwest Show in 1963. 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). Classic older Rush Creek turkey fat smithsonite.

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