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Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Plattnerite (Wes Parker Coll.) viewBack to WEEKLY MIXED MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - ends July 29

Laurium, Attica Prefecture, Greece
  • Starting Time:7/22/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
  • Ending Time:7/29/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:5.2 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
  • Size Description:Large Miniature

Description:Glassy, color-zoned, fluorite cubes with intense purple faces and striking etching are jauntily set on matrix covered with smaller, colorless fluorite cubes on this showy specimen from the ancient mines at Laurium, Greece. Micro plattnerite needles are noted on one side of the piece near the base of the larger, color-zoned fluorites. Plattnerite is an uncommonly displayed species from this historic locale. Ex Wes Parker Collection.