Apatite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature, 4.8 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Start Time: 10/01/2020 8:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/08/2020 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $86

Item Description

This locality is best known for its world-class blue Topaz crystals along with excellent purple Hydroxylherderites, but this piece is a rarely seen example of Apatite (presumably Fluorapatite). As a matter of fact, this might be the FIRST piece of Apatite that we've had to offer from this locality. Many sharp, well-formed, highly lustrous, hexagonal pink crystal of Apatite measuring up to about 5-6 mm are nestled in little vugs lined with white, lustrous bladed Albite and minor greenish to greenish-brown Elbaite Tourmaline. The label says that there is associated Muscovite on the piece, but I think she meant to write Albite. A cool reference specimen from this world-famous locality. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#9483). Kay was a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics. She nearly lived 100 years from April 1920 - March 2020. See the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record ( https://www.mineralogicalrecor... ), and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$86 10/08/2020 6:29:43 pm (CDT)
$76 10/08/2020 5:43:19 pm (CDT)
$70 10/08/2020 5:43:19 pm (CDT)
$49 10/03/2020 9:03:23 pm (CDT)
$44 10/03/2020 9:03:23 pm (CDT)
$40 10/03/2020 11:10:31 am (CDT)
$35 10/03/2020 11:10:31 am (CDT)
$30 10/03/2020 11:09:41 am (CDT)
$25 10/03/2020 11:09:41 am (CDT)
$10 10/03/2020 4:49:22 am (CDT)