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Kleinite (ultra rare mercury halide)
- McDermitt Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
- Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
- Start Time: 03/01/2010 1:30:00 am (CST)
- End Time: 03/04/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very rich and exceptional specimen of lustrous, bright orange-yellow, kleinite microcrystals richly covering the starkly contrasting, white calcite and brecciated cristobalite matrix from the McDermitt Mine of Nevada. Kleinite is an ultra rare mecury halide, known from only 3 localities, worldwide! this is a large and rich specimen!