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Barite (good quality) 
Back to CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends June 17th
Estano Horco mine, Colavi District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
- Starting Time:6/10/2010 06:45:00 PM(CDT)
- Ending Time:6/17/2010 06:45:00 PM(CDT)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:SMALL CABINET
- Size Description:7.5 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Description:From a find about 8 years ago in Bolivia. This new find from the Colavi District, is one of the most exciting new things to come out of Bolivia in recent memory. I think that their appearance, aesthetics and displayability are secondary only to the superb quality of the Barite crystals themselves. These crystals are some of the finest quality Barites I have ever seen and compare favorably to gem crystals from any other world locality extant. The crystals on this specimen are good quality, sharp, well-formed, lustrous, water-clear to gemmy, tabular blades up to 1.6 cm. The final touch to these Barites is that they are sitting atop beautiful, tiny, crystallized, sharp, lustrous, compressed rhombohedra of chocolate brown (nearly black) Siderite on matrix. This is one of the last pieces of this material that I have left so don't pass it by.
