Hemimorphite (old classic) ex Pumpelly and Harvard Coll.

Granby Field, Tri-State Dist., Newton Co., Missouri
Cabinet, 11.5 x 10.0 x 4.8 cm
Start Time: 11/12/2009 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/19/2009 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An old-time, highly sought after CABINET specimen of hemimorphite from the well-known Granby Field of Missouri"s Tri-State District. A large vug in karstic limestone is richly lined with scintillating, glassy, colorless, hemimorphite blades to about 5 mm. Ex Raphael Pumpelly, Harvard and George Feist Collections. Feist # 3125. Raphael Pumpelly, 1837-1923, was an American geologist and explorer, and was a Professor of Mining Science at Harvard. This classic specimen probably dates to the late 1800s or very early 1900s.

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