Hemimorphite (uncommon Arizona) Robertson Coll.

Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona
Small Cabinet, 8.2 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Start Time: 04/26/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/03/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Bright snow-white hemimorphite botryoids, to 5 mm, richly cover the sculptural matrix wedge on this attractive and excellent specimen from famed Tiger. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 2115 and acquired from 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). Botryoidal hemimorphite of this richness and quality is a RARE and desirable zinc ore from the famed Mammoth Mine. SELDOM on the market in this quality. A MUST for the locality or species collector.

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