Barite (old - mid 1800s) Vajdak Coll.

Sadek Mine, Sadek, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Small Cabinet, 6.8 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Start Time: 12/15/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/22/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Glassy, translucent, golden-amber to oxide tinted-brown to coloress tabular barite crystals are nicely cluster atop matrix on this very rare, old-time specimen from an obscure mine at Pribram - the Sadek Mine. Specimens from this locale are extremey rare on market. Ex Josef Vajdak Collection, a noted Czech specialist and collected in the mid-1800s, according to this label.

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