Duftite on Calcite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 76214
Cabinet, 11.2 x 7.9 x 5.7 cm
Start Time: 12/14/2023 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/28/2023 6:33:00 pm (CST)
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Winning Bid: $695
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Item Description

A classic Duftite on Calcite piece, with the famous color contrast combination we all know and love from (old) Tsumeb. In classic Tsumeb style, tiny pastel-green Duftite crystals are sprinkled on a cluster of sharp, glassy, colorless to off-white, translucent to transparent Calcite rhombs. The entire plate is composed of sharp, rhombohedral Calcite crystals from 3.5 to 4.0 cm across in which the top and select side faces are preferentially coated with glistening, less than 1 mm, pickle-green microcrystals that add great aesthetics to this handsome cabinet specimen. There is one, large, compound Calcite crystal front and center on the piece that is composed of numerous Calcite crystals in perfect parallel and slightly offset growth and it measures 5.5 cm across and 4 cm in width. Even the bottom of the piece is coated in very fine Duftite crystals. The Calcite displays bright orange fluorescence in short wave UV!

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$695 12/28/2023 6:27:38 pm (CST)
$670 12/28/2023 6:27:38 pm (CST)
$645 12/28/2023 5:10:12 pm (CST)
$620 12/22/2023 10:30:03 pm (CST)
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$575 12/21/2023 6:05:23 pm (CST)
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$410 12/15/2023 9:40:12 pm (CST)
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$330 12/15/2023 9:14:50 pm (CST)
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$80 12/14/2023 11:05:17 pm (CST)
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