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Suredaite (ultra rare - Type Locality) viewBack to MIXED MINERAL AUCTIONS from Collections & New Finds - ENDS MARCH 4

Level 7, Oploca mine, Pirquitas, Jujuy, Argentina
  • 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:1.8 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm
  • Size Description:Thumbnail

Description:Suredaite is an ultra rare lead, tin sulfosalt unique in the world to the abandoned Oploca Mine of Northwestern Argentina. Crystals were never common, but the crest of this thumbnail sliver hosts numerous acicular suredaite crystals. Ex Dr. Werner Paar Collection. Valued at $100-200 for extreme rarity and richness.