Millerite on Quartz (David Burgess Coll.)

Wallace Stone Company Quarry (Bayport Quarry), Bay Port, Huron Co., Michigan
Small Cabinet, 5.3 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 12/13/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/20/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A 1.7 cm dense nest of bright metallic bronzy millerite needles is dramatically set in the contrasting quartz-lined curved vug of the very sculptural limestone matrix. Millerite specimens are well-known from this Michigan quarry and this is an excellent small cabinet example with architectural flair. From the David Burgess Collection, for whom the mineral Burgessite is named.

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