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Barite (old - mid 1800s) Vajdak Coll. viewBack to Weekly COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Dec 22,2011

Sadek Mine, Sadek, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
  • Starting Time:12/15/2011 06:30:00 PM(CST)
  • Ending Time:12/22/2011 06:30:00 PM(CST)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:6.8 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
  • Size Description:Small Cabinet

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.

Barite (old - mid 1800s) Vajdak Coll. - Sadek Mine, Sadek, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic Barite (old - mid 1800s) Vajdak Coll. - Sadek Mine, Sadek, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Barite (old - mid 1800s) Vajdak Coll. - Sadek Mine, Sadek, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic Barite (old - mid 1800s) Vajdak Coll. - Sadek Mine, Sadek, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Barite (old - mid 1800s) Vajdak Coll. - Sadek Mine, Sadek, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic Barite (old - mid 1800s) Vajdak Coll. - Sadek Mine, Sadek, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic