Fluorite

Chenzhou District, Hunan, China
Large Cabinet, 27.0 x 13.0 x 17.0 cm
Start Time: 04/01/2021 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/17/2021 6:00:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $2,040

Item Description

This item is part of a special benefit auction for the Rice Museum of Rocks & Minerals (ricenorthwestmuseum.org). Items are either deaccessions from the museum's collection or were donated by generous supporters listed below.

Auction open April 1, 2021 through April 17, 2021.

Billing for this auction will occur on Monday, April 19, for payment using PayPal or credit card. Shipping will be billed at cost, or please contact brandy@mineralauctions.com if you'd like to plan on picking up items at future shows or during a stop through Dallas.


This is a huge, glowing green knob of light green crystals that have a wonderful translucency and color to them. This is clearly old material, from the early exports from China in the 1990s. It is complete all around with small rubs and damages, only. It is a large, heavy specimen.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$2,040 04/17/2021 5:45:40 pm (CDT)
$1,990 04/17/2021 5:45:40 pm (CDT)
$1,800 04/17/2021 5:45:22 pm (CDT)
$1,750 04/17/2021 5:45:21 pm (CDT)
$1,600 04/17/2021 5:42:41 pm (CDT)
$1,550 04/17/2021 5:41:45 pm (CDT)
$1,500 * 04/17/2021 5:41:29 pm (CDT)
$1,500 * 04/17/2021 5:41:29 pm (CDT)
$1,450 04/17/2021 5:41:17 pm (CDT)
$1,400 04/17/2021 5:41:17 pm (CDT)
$1,150 04/17/2021 5:16:53 pm (CDT)
$1,100 04/17/2021 5:16:53 pm (CDT)
$1,051 04/17/2021 3:46:42 pm (CDT)
$1,001 04/17/2021 3:15:35 pm (CDT)
$1,000 04/17/2021 3:15:35 pm (CDT)
$975 04/17/2021 3:15:20 pm (CDT)
$950 04/17/2021 3:15:19 pm (CDT)
$925 04/16/2021 8:30:36 pm (CDT)
$900 04/16/2021 8:30:36 pm (CDT)
$875 04/03/2021 2:54:28 pm (CDT)
$850 04/03/2021 2:54:28 pm (CDT)
$725 04/03/2021 2:54:08 pm (CDT)
$700 04/03/2021 2:54:08 pm (CDT)
$576 04/01/2021 8:25:40 pm (CDT)
$551 04/01/2021 8:25:40 pm (CDT)
$110 04/01/2021 8:08:07 pm (CDT)
$100 04/01/2021 7:04:34 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.