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Barite on Calcite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
- Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade County, South Dakota
- Thumbnail, 2.9 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
- Start Time: 07/22/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/29/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The famous locality at Elk Creek has produced some of the most distinctive and eye-catching Barite specimens in the world. The locality only produces a handful of species, which formed in concretions in shale. This piece features a beautiful, honey-gold color, sharp, GEM/gemmy, doubly-terminated crystal of Barite which is aesthetically perched on light yellow Calcite matrix. I have seen hundreds of these specimens, and it is difficult to find doubly-terminated crystals like this one on matrix! A great full-sized thumbnail specimen of this well known material.