Aragonite (Cuprian)

Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Large Cabinet, 25.5 x 12.8 x 5.6 cm
Start Time: 01/30/2025 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/08/2025 6:42:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $493

Item Description

This is a sparkling plate of solid aragonite that is a thick, soft sky-blue color, with a thin coating of saturated blue atop. It looks like rolling hills of blue clouds, and is simply beautiful, even though it is such a simple mineral species in composition. Common in principle, specimens of this size and condition, with the nice saturated color, are hard to obtain. These come from vast karst caverns in Southern China, near where our Chinese office is located; and so we always scout the local markets for special pieces when I am in China.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$493 02/08/2025 6:36:02 pm (CST)
$483 02/08/2025 6:35:53 pm (CST)
$473 02/08/2025 6:30:11 pm (CST)
$463 02/08/2025 6:29:22 pm (CST)
$453 02/08/2025 6:25:56 pm (CST)
$443 02/08/2025 6:23:52 pm (CST)
$433 02/08/2025 6:23:52 pm (CST)
$423 02/08/2025 5:59:06 pm (CST)
$421 02/08/2025 5:59:05 pm (CST)
$413 02/08/2025 5:25:03 pm (CST)
$403 02/08/2025 5:25:03 pm (CST)
$344 02/08/2025 4:40:25 pm (CST)
$334 02/08/2025 4:40:25 pm (CST)
$318 02/05/2025 10:22:01 am (CST)
$308 02/05/2025 10:22:01 am (CST)
$298 02/05/2025 10:21:53 am (CST)
$288 02/05/2025 10:21:53 am (CST)
$255 01/31/2025 8:55:34 pm (CST)
$245 01/31/2025 8:55:34 pm (CST)
$232 01/31/2025 4:22:22 pm (CST)
$222 01/31/2025 4:22:21 pm (CST)
$198 01/31/2025 4:12:15 pm (CST)
$188 01/31/2025 4:12:14 pm (CST)
$122 01/31/2025 3:14:22 pm (CST)
$112 01/31/2025 6:46:22 am (CST)
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$10 01/30/2025 10:29:14 pm (CST)