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Ulexite on Colemanite - self-collected by Al Ordway
- Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Death Valley Natl. Park, Inyo Co., California
- Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
- Start Time: 04/13/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/18/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very rare and excellent combination piece from this extinct borate mine. Sculptural interconnected tufts of SOFT to firm, silky, snow-white, ulexite needles rest on an undulating field of sparkly, translucent, smoky-gray, colemanite crystals. This is a rarer form of ulexite, than the blocky style, called "TV rock" for its fiber-optic-like optical properties. Self-collected by Al Ordway 1973, while with Jim Minette, Rock Currier and Demetrius Pohl. Illustrious company!