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Khaidarkanite (Ultra Rare - Type Locality)
- Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
- Miniature, 3.9 x 2.2 x 0.9 cm
- Start Time: 09/23/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/30/2010 6:30:05 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Khaidarkanite is an ULTRA RARE, recently named, copper hydroxyhalide and this showy miniature is from the Type Locality - the Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Kyrgyzstan. A band of rich blue khaidarkanite micro-needles lies next to a band of powder-blue chrysocolla. Striking, rich and pretty combination example of this very rare species. Khaidarkanite was named in 1999. ex Fersman Museum of Moscow specimen. valued ??