Rutile (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono County, California
Miniature, 3.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Start Time: 09/14/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/21/2017 6:31:25 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Here we have a wonderful classic Champion Mine Rutile specimen featuring sharp, well-formed, reddish-black colored crystals free of matrix. The crystals have an unusual "bent" or "curved" appearance that I honestly haven't seen in many Champion Mine specimens. Great quality and form from this old California mine. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#3411). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record).

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