Apatite, Arsenopyrite, Quartz, etc. (Soregaroli Coll.)

Panasqueira Mines, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Small Cabinet, 5.5 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Start Time: 02/25/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/01/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A 2.1 cm, gemmy, grayish-purple, textbook, hexagonal, doubly terminated apatite crystal is jauntily set on the surprising mounded combination matrix. The apatite rests on matrix of splendent, metallic arsenopyrite crystals, a few scattered brown siderite disks and books of pearlescent muscovite plates. The SURPRISE is on the back, as everything topside rests on a 5.5 cm, sharply terminated, glassy, water-clear to translucent quartz crystal! Classic, choice, aesthetic and unusual combination material from this famed locale from the Art Soregaroli Collection.

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