Valentinite on Quartz (2016 find)

Item Description

This very showy two-sided combination small cabinet is from a NEW Summer of 2016 find at this famous antimony mine. Valentinite is uncommon Sb-oxide. Pretty orange spherical aggregates, to 6 mm, of lustrous, translucent valentinite blades are aesthetically scattered on the mounded matrix of spherical aggregates of tiny oxide-infused quartz points. The broken orange sphere on the edge reveals the radial growth of the valentinite, adding character. Interestingly, the quartz on the back is much more sparkly, than on the front. Excellent combination material from the new find and locale valued at $400.