Dipyramidal Quartz w/ phantoms (Belsky Coll.)

Beckermet Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
Small Cabinet, 7.3 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 03/01/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/08/2018 6:37:09 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Rare style, striking, gemlike, glassy, dipyramidal quartz crystals are aesthetically set on thin hematite matrix covered with smaller dipyramidal quartz crystals. The four large crystals, to 2.7 cm, have fantastic and rare rust-red edge phantoms! The crystals are pristine on the preferred display side, but the phantoms show up better on the 'B' side with a slightly bruised crystal rotated onto the periphery. This is an outstanding, rare and classic combination piece from the famous Beckermet Iron Mine in Cumbria, active from 1903 to 1973. Ex Howard Belsky Collection. Howard started as a mineral dealer at age 13 in 1972, became a sophisticated dealer and died tragically at age 28 in 1987. valued $750

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