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Boracite (superb) ex Greenbank & Whitmore Coll.
- Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England
- Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
- Start Time: 05/09/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/16/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Boracite is a rare borate with the very finest and richest examples coming from the early to mid 1990s finds at this well-known underground potash mine in England. This is a superb, 3-dimensional, vuggy cluster of very gemmy, sharp, lustrous, sea-green boracite crystals. This specimen is solid boracite. Ex. Lindsay Greenbank and Robert Whitmore Collections. Lindsay is a noted English collector.