Inesite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Small Cabinet, 5.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 02/08/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/15/2018 6:46:37 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A RARE specimen of the calcium manganese silicate Inesite from Broken Hill. Radial "sprays" of a rich pinkish-brown hue can be seen on both sides of the piece sandwiched between host rock matrix. A RICH, EXCELLENT and showy display piece from the ONE-TIME find on the 19 Level of the NBHC Mine in the 1960s. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#7013). 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).

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