Chabazite ("Phacolite" twins) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Springfield Quarry, Springfield, Lane County, Oregon
Miniature, 4.7 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 07/27/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/03/2017 6:50:08 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

A wonderful example of the classic "Phacolite"-twinned Chabazites from Springfield, Oregon. Several sharp, lustrous, white colored radial twinned rhombic crystal groups of Chabazite measuring up to 1.2 cm aross are sitting on altered basalt matrix. Most of the crystals are complete and undamaged, while a few have some attached basalt on the side, but overall the piece is in great shape. MORE than worthwhile for any collector of this material, and certainly hard to find on the market these days. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#745). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record).

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