Calcite (fluorescent) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

St Andreasberg, Braunlage , Goslar District , Lower Saxony , Germany
Toenail, 3.2 x 2.1 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 09/17/2020 8:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/24/2020 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $90
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Item Description

The St Andreasberg Area in Lower Saxony is famous for producing some iconic German mineral specimens, including some really attractive Calcites. This toenail sized specimen is a beautiful crystallized "spray" featuring many sharp, well-formed, prismatic, gemmy, white / colorless, trigonal crystals measuring up to 1.2 cm long with no matrix. The piece is glued to an old cork, and I didn't want to remove it to main its historic pedigree. Please note, the specimen itself measures 3.2 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm, and this does not include the cork. A very attractive old time specimen of this beautiful classic material. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#5657). 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.mineralogicalrecord.com/pdfs/Kay%20Robertson%20Collection.pdf ), and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$90 09/24/2020 6:32:49 pm (CDT)
$80 09/24/2020 6:32:49 pm (CDT)
$70 09/24/2020 3:55:17 pm (CDT)
$60 09/23/2020 1:58:03 pm (CDT)
$50 09/23/2020 1:57:47 pm (CDT)
$45 09/23/2020 1:57:47 pm (CDT)
$40 09/23/2020 12:49:29 pm (CDT)
$35 09/23/2020 5:58:50 am (CDT)
$30 09/20/2020 11:40:43 am (CDT)
$25 * 09/20/2020 11:40:29 am (CDT)
$25 * 09/20/2020 11:40:29 am (CDT)
$10 09/19/2020 9:43:39 pm (CDT)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.