Baryte (excellent)

Jebel Ouichane, Nador, L'oriental Region, Morocco
Small Cabinet, 9.0 x 8.0 x 3.3 cm
Start Time: 03/30/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/06/2017 6:35:39 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Outstanding and sculptural small cabinet barite from the important 2012-14 Morocco finds. Opposing parallel-growth sheaves of thin-bladed crystals form a most dramatic specimen. The glassy, translucent blades have gorgeous ice-blue bodies, that are fantastically capped and accented with gem white barite "snow-capped" terminations. I just took this in on major trade with a local collector. He paid $3500 for it, when they were fresh on the market. It is worth more today and comes with a custom-made and engraved lucite base valued at $145, for free. Barite from here is often wrongly labeled "Sidi Lahcen" (MINDAT). These are the finest worldwide barite finds in the recent past and this is an exceptional example.

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