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Graphite xls (rare) (ex Vajdak Coll.)
- Chilson Hill Mine, Ticonderoga, Essex Co., New York
- Miniature, 4.8 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
- Start Time: 10/21/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/27/2011 6:30:07 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Rare, mirror-bright, flattened graphite crystals to 1.0 cm are richly scattered on all sides of the graphitic matrix on this fine specimen from the well-known Chilson Hill Mine, near Ticonderoga, New York. Mining started in the early 1850s at Lead Hill! See the Mineralogical Record article in Vol. 14, #1, 1983. Ex Josef Vajdak Collection.