Vanadinite

Mibladen mining dist., Midelt Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Jeff Johnson
Cabinet, 13.5 x 10.2 x 6.9 cm
Start Time: 06/22/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/29/2023 6:33:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $273

Item Description

Two clusters of variable brick-red vanadinite prisms are pleasingly set on the sculptural large mounded matrix on this very showy and excellent specimen from famed Mibladen. The textbook, hexagonal crystals, to 1.7 cm, are translucent, glassy and lustrous. Bright light reveals areas of beautiful yellow-orange fire. Very nearly pristine, you hardly notice the couple of smaller bruised crystals on the periphery of the larger cluster. An aesthetic large example of this varietal from easily the world's finest examples of the species. It is from the large, important pocket zone of 2008-2009.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$273 06/29/2023 6:29:58 pm (CDT)
$263 06/29/2023 6:29:46 pm (CDT)
$262 06/29/2023 6:29:46 pm (CDT)
$252 06/29/2023 6:29:38 pm (CDT)
$242 06/29/2023 6:29:38 pm (CDT)
$232 06/29/2023 6:29:26 pm (CDT)
$222 06/29/2023 6:29:26 pm (CDT)
$212 06/29/2023 6:29:16 pm (CDT)
$202 06/29/2023 6:29:16 pm (CDT)
$192 06/29/2023 6:29:02 pm (CDT)
$182 06/29/2023 6:29:02 pm (CDT)
$172 06/29/2023 6:11:44 pm (CDT)
$162 06/29/2023 11:32:44 am (CDT)
$152 06/29/2023 11:32:26 am (CDT)
$150 06/29/2023 11:32:26 am (CDT)
$120 06/29/2023 11:25:42 am (CDT)
$110 06/28/2023 1:53:58 pm (CDT)
$100 * 06/28/2023 1:53:40 pm (CDT)
$100 * 06/28/2023 1:53:40 pm (CDT)
$90 06/27/2023 1:15:14 pm (CDT)
$80 06/26/2023 2:49:16 am (CDT)
$70 * 06/26/2023 2:49:07 am (CDT)
$70 * 06/26/2023 2:49:07 am (CDT)
$60 06/25/2023 4:58:14 pm (CDT)
$50 * 06/25/2023 4:57:42 pm (CDT)
$50 * 06/25/2023 4:57:42 pm (CDT)
$45 06/25/2023 4:57:36 pm (CDT)
$40 06/25/2023 4:57:36 pm (CDT)
$10 06/23/2023 7:34:35 pm (CDT)
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