Chlorite & Quartz (old classic) ex Obodda

Achmatovsk Mine, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia
Small Cabinet, 9.2 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Start Time: 07/28/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/02/2012 6:30:26 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Chlorite and quartz specimens are rare from this classic, old, Urals skarn deposit, first worked in 1811. Sharp, hexagonal books of lustrous, black to green, chlorite plates are attractively nestled atop the matrix wedge with milky quartz. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock. Rare OLD material, as the A. Krantz label dates from 1837-1850!

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