Plumbogummite with Pyromorphite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 01/04/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/11/2018 6:53:29 pm (CST)
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A classic association specimen from Roughton Gill featuring medium sky blue colored Plumbogummite with bright yellowish-green Pyromorphite on Quartz matrix. These specimens are quite rare and highly sought after. OLD material dating back to the 1800s! Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#7635). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Velt" November-December 2017).

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