Native Selenium (rare CA), Smithsonite & Pyrite

Darwin Mine, Darwin Mining Dist., Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Start Time: 03/16/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/23/2023 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $164

Item Description

Native Selenium is RARE from California. MINDAT lists only two localities for the species. This rare and showy vuggy two-sided small cabinet combination features dark reddish-brown native selenium coating botryoidal smithsonite on a matrix of corroded pyrite and quartz. This rare combination is from a noted small 1986 find on the 800' level of the well-known extinct Pb-Ag Darwin Mine. Ex Bob Reynolds collection. Valued at $1500-2000. Reynolds was the curator of the San Bernardino Museum and he was noted for the breadth of his important collection of California rarities.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$164 03/23/2023 5:21:05 pm (CDT)
$154 03/23/2023 7:04:00 am (CDT)
$144 03/23/2023 7:03:47 am (CDT)
$141 03/23/2023 7:03:47 am (CDT)
$131 03/21/2023 1:34:43 pm (CDT)
$121 03/21/2023 1:34:43 pm (CDT)
$111 03/18/2023 10:20:00 am (CDT)
$101 03/18/2023 10:20:00 am (CDT)
$79 03/17/2023 1:52:55 pm (CDT)
$69 03/17/2023 1:45:05 pm (CDT)
$66 03/17/2023 1:45:05 pm (CDT)
$50 03/17/2023 1:38:18 pm (CDT)
$45 03/17/2023 1:38:18 pm (CDT)
$38 03/17/2023 1:37:53 pm (CDT)
$33 03/17/2023 1:37:53 pm (CDT)
$10 03/17/2023 12:32:48 pm (CDT)