Dioptase (Kay Robertson Coll.)

Reneville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo
Thumbnail, 2.4 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Start Time: 10/20/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/26/2017 6:32:20 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

Rich emerald-green, lustrous, translucent dioptase crystals form an aesthetic thumbnail from classic old finds at Reneville in the 1950-70s. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 7158 and acquired from French dealer Roger Titeux at the Tucson Show in 1974. This was probably new material, then. 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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