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Fluorite on Quartz ex Saller coll. viewBack to MIXED MINERAL AUCTIONS from Collections & New Finds - ENDS MARCH 4

Grant County, New Mexico
  • Starting Time:3/1/2010 01:30:00 AM(CST)
  • Ending Time:3/4/2010 06:30:00 PM(CST)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:18.7 x 12.2 x 6.2 cm
  • Size Description:LARGE CABINET

Description:Razor-sharp, lustrous and translucent, deep purple octahedrons of fluorite (to 9 mm), isolated and peppered on both sides of the LARGE CABINET wedge of stark white contrasting quartz matrix, along with a few pastel-green fluorite octos. These New Mexico fluorites are so distinctive - you know exactly what they are at a glance, with their pretty sharpness and contrast. Unfortunately, not around like they once were , specimens like this are now rare. THIS HAS INTENSE COLOR! Ex Franz Saller collection of Bavaria, and about 20-30 years old.