Spinel-twinned Silver (Robertson Coll.)

Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Start Time: 03/01/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/08/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A striking, very rich two-sided mass of fantastic dense herringbone-patterned spinel-twinned silver crystals with a nice patina is aesthetically set on the sculptural matrix. The piece has a definite biomorphic look to it with the head and neck at one end. This excellent and uncommon specimen is from this historic old silver and more recent Soviet-era uranium mining district. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 6461 and acquired from the private collection of Scott Williams in 1961. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017). Silver specimens of this richness and quality are seldom on the market from this shaft.

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