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Boltwoodite (uranium sp.) ex Mullane Coll.
- Rossing Mine, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia
- Miniature, 4.1 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
- Start Time: 03/01/2009 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/05/2009 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Boltwoodite is a RARE uranium silicate. This VERY SHOWY and RICH miniature specimen features a well-placed, 3.4 cm vug FILLED with radial clusters of bright, golden-yellow boltwoodite needles in a calcite-rich matrix. SELDOM have we offered boltwoodite at auction or in this quality. Ex Mullane Collection so this would be an old specimen from finds here in the late 1960s and early 1970s