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Millerite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) viewBack to Collection Liquidation Auctions - end Feb 25 - Part II

Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA
  • Starting Time:2/18/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
  • Ending Time:2/25/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:Toenail
  • Size Description:2.9 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm

Description:Millerite is rarely seen in geodes such as this, and Hall''s Gap in Kentucky is one of the most classic occurences for the species in the United States. This piece hosts several, needle-thin, metallic, silvery-bronze color acicular crystals of Millerite in a geode of Calcite with Chalcopyrite. A very good represnative specimen of this rare Nickel Sulfide from a state that is not known for its mineral specimens.