Neptunite on Natrolite

California State Gem Mine, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
Miniature, 3.7 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
Start Time: 05/12/2022 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/19/2022 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $375

Item Description

Sublime choice miniature specimen from the famous California State Gem Mine, known for its Neptunites as well as its Benitoites. This superb, small miniature is dominated by a sharp, lustrous, and textbook 1.9 cm Neptunite crystal that rises above the white Natrolite and country rock. The luster and form are excellent, and there is even some of the rust-colored fire in the Neptunites that you sometimes see with just the right light. There are also over a half-dozen smaller and lustrous Neptunites scattered on the white Natrolite. The balance and aesthetics of this miniature are first-rate. Now that the deposit is literally strip-mined and gone, no more specimens of this caliber can come from the ground as they did, sporadically, over many years. Formerly in the extensive collection of W & A Cook.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$375 * 05/19/2022 6:09:40 pm (CDT)
$370 05/19/2022 6:09:40 pm (CDT)
$360 * 05/19/2022 6:09:27 pm (CDT)
$350 05/19/2022 6:09:27 pm (CDT)
$325 * 05/19/2022 5:44:14 pm (CDT)
$325 * 05/19/2022 5:44:14 pm (CDT)
$280 05/19/2022 5:43:55 pm (CDT)
$270 05/19/2022 5:43:55 pm (CDT)
$260 05/19/2022 5:11:37 pm (CDT)
$250 05/19/2022 5:11:36 pm (CDT)
$205 05/19/2022 4:02:26 pm (CDT)
$195 05/19/2022 4:02:26 pm (CDT)
$165 05/19/2022 12:33:42 pm (CDT)
$155 05/18/2022 2:45:15 am (CDT)
$150 05/18/2022 2:45:15 am (CDT)
$140 05/18/2022 2:45:07 am (CDT)
$130 05/18/2022 2:45:07 am (CDT)
$120 05/18/2022 2:45:01 am (CDT)
$110 05/18/2022 2:45:01 am (CDT)
$100 05/17/2022 6:46:37 pm (CDT)
$90 05/17/2022 6:46:37 pm (CDT)
$80 05/17/2022 6:40:18 pm (CDT)
$70 05/17/2022 3:36:38 pm (CDT)
$60 05/17/2022 11:25:11 am (CDT)
$50 05/17/2022 9:24:08 am (CDT)
$45 05/16/2022 2:21:35 pm (CDT)
$40 05/16/2022 11:46:40 am (CDT)
$35 05/16/2022 3:15:43 am (CDT)
$30 05/14/2022 5:16:40 pm (CDT)
$25 05/14/2022 12:01:42 pm (CDT)
$20 05/14/2022 10:58:22 am (CDT)
$15 05/14/2022 2:05:03 am (CDT)
$10 05/13/2022 3:27:16 pm (CDT)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.