Mimetite (uncommon old locality) ex Urish collection

Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Zacatecas, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 6.6 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 06/23/2022 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/30/2022 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $370

Item Description

Mimetite from many locales in Mexico are common enough on the market, but not from the old Bilbao Mine: it's a very rare locality from which few survived. This is a colorful plate strewn with yellow translucent Mimetite botryoids from 2 mm up to 1.2 cm across. A sliver of Goethite matrix is completely covered on the top with a bubbly surface of yellow rolling Mimetite hemispherules which are in turn are embellished with the larger, translucent yellow Mimetite balls. An attractive piece from this more obscure Mexican Mimetite locality that probably came out in the 1950s or 1960s.. This came out of one of the old collections we handled, a Tucson native and collector who had been at it for decades, named Harold Urish. It comes with a custom base and was valued at $2000.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$370 06/30/2022 4:34:11 pm (CDT)
$360 06/30/2022 4:34:11 pm (CDT)
$350 06/30/2022 4:34:05 pm (CDT)
$340 06/30/2022 4:34:05 pm (CDT)
$330 06/30/2022 4:33:55 pm (CDT)
$320 06/30/2022 4:33:54 pm (CDT)
$220 06/30/2022 6:25:09 am (CDT)
$210 06/28/2022 3:51:46 pm (CDT)
$200 06/25/2022 7:12:23 pm (CDT)
$197 06/25/2022 7:12:23 pm (CDT)
$187 06/24/2022 12:48:17 pm (CDT)
$177 06/24/2022 12:48:17 pm (CDT)
$160 06/24/2022 12:48:07 pm (CDT)
$150 06/24/2022 12:48:07 pm (CDT)
$110 06/24/2022 12:47:53 pm (CDT)
$100 06/24/2022 12:47:53 pm (CDT)
$85 06/24/2022 12:47:43 pm (CDT)
$75 06/24/2022 12:47:43 pm (CDT)
$60 06/24/2022 12:47:31 pm (CDT)
$50 06/24/2022 12:47:31 pm (CDT)
$15 06/24/2022 10:26:36 am (CDT)
$10 06/23/2022 8:02:28 pm (CDT)