Cassiterite (twins)

Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature, 4.1 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Start Time: 03/16/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/23/2023 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $161

Item Description

Some of the finest pegmatitic Cassiterite specimens are those from Linópolis, Brazil. Their easily recognizable twinning habit, larger-than-average sized crystals and excellent overall quality makes them some of best Cassiterites from any world locality. This piece is a beautiful miniature featuring a few sharp, lustrous, very well-formed, black cyclic twinned crystals of Cassiterite, free of matrix. If you look closely, you can see there is a slight iridescence on the surface of the Cassiterites, which is not commonly seen in this material. Overall, the piece is in good shape on the front/display side, though I can see one contacted edge on one of the twins, and the piece is not crystallized on the back, but it still displays well and looks nice in the hand and on the shelf of a display case. Priced at $1,650 in our inventory.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$161 03/23/2023 1:54:35 pm (CDT)
$151 03/23/2023 1:54:35 pm (CDT)
$133 03/23/2023 1:47:15 pm (CDT)
$123 03/23/2023 12:36:47 pm (CDT)
$113 03/23/2023 1:25:30 am (CDT)
$107 03/23/2023 1:25:30 am (CDT)
$92 03/22/2023 7:43:45 pm (CDT)
$82 03/21/2023 2:44:07 pm (CDT)
$75 03/21/2023 2:44:07 pm (CDT)
$61 03/20/2023 2:10:56 pm (CDT)
$51 03/20/2023 2:10:56 pm (CDT)
$38 03/19/2023 6:07:10 pm (CDT)
$33 03/19/2023 6:07:10 pm (CDT)
$25 03/18/2023 11:52:38 am (CDT)
$20 * 03/18/2023 7:37:06 am (CDT)
$20 * 03/18/2023 7:37:06 am (CDT)
$15 03/18/2023 12:35:17 am (CDT)
$10 03/17/2023 8:00:06 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.