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Vanadinite on Dolomite (old classic)
- Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
- Cabinet, 10.8 x 8.8 x 5.5 cm
- Start Time: 01/14/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/21/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Lustrous, brown, vanadinite prisms to 7 mm cover the sculptural CABINET matrix of honeycomb dolomite on this classic old-timer from Mibladen, Morocco. Comes with two old labels: one in German; and the other a 1950s-era Scott Williams label. There is a handwritten date of December, 1959 on the back. $17.50 was NOT cheap in 1959! Mibladen was known as Djebel Masheur in those days. Ex Russell Jones Collection.