Hydroxylapatite & Albite on Microcline

Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Large Cabinet, 15.3 x 10.3 x 5.3 cm
Start Time: 09/14/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/21/2023 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $100
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Item Description

Striking, unusually shaped, color-zoned green and yellow, translucent, medium luster, low-angle, hexagonal hydroxylapatite prisms with bipyramidal faces are richly and dramatically scattered on the large and sculptural microcline matrix with a starkly contrasting glassy section of striated, translucent, white albite crystals. The hydroxylapatite crystals reach 1.9 cm. This impressive large cabinet is from the 2005-2006 finds at the Sapo Mine, which produced world-class polychrome "bluecap" tourmalines and fluorapatite specimens. The Sapo Mine probably produced the world's finest examples of hydroxylapatite. See the 2009 Mineralogical Record article in Vol. 40, No. 4. A highly representative and rich large example of the species and locale. Seldom on the market today.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$100 09/21/2023 4:54:58 pm (CDT)
$90 09/21/2023 2:40:42 pm (CDT)
$80 09/18/2023 12:12:02 am (CDT)
$72 09/18/2023 12:12:02 am (CDT)
$62 09/18/2023 12:11:31 am (CDT)
$52 09/18/2023 12:11:31 am (CDT)
$40 09/17/2023 12:35:14 am (CDT)
$35 09/17/2023 12:35:14 am (CDT)
$15 09/16/2023 9:03:24 pm (CDT)
$10 09/16/2023 5:53:53 pm (CDT)