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Turqoise (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
- Sleeping Beauty Mine, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona
- Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
- Start Time: 12/13/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 12/20/2018 6:57:51 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This mine is known for having some of the finest Turquoise in the world in terms of color, consistency and size. Thsi specimen features massived UN-polished Turquoise of the classic blue hue with minor associated sparkling golden Pyrite. A classic specimen of the famous Sleeping Beauty Turquoise dating back many decades based upon the LOW catalogue number. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#576). 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).
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