Pyromorphite

Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Mervyn Ford
Miniature, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Start Time: 01/30/2025 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/08/2025 7:03:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $643

Item Description

A classic from a single one time find in Idaho in the 1980s, this is a rare orange pyromorphite CRYSTAL in competitive quality. Most of these were either big lumpy plates, or botryoidal masses. Few aesthetic miniatures of this quality were recovered. It is a lustrous and robustly colored Pyromorphite cluster from the famed Bunker Hill Mine in Idaho, from classic finds of the 1980s. The color is rare - due to Arsenic contribution. This deep orange Pyromorphite grouping has an almost bubbly amorphous surface as a later stage coating upon earlier formed, 3-dimensional, Pyromorphite crystals whose form is still discernible although the rounded surface layer gives them a rounded form. It sits well on its own and is in great condition with only one small, inconspicuous bruise - otherwise complete all around. Ex. Mervyn Ford collection with label. Ford was a well-known aesthetics miniatures collector. Valued $1500-2500.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$643 02/08/2025 6:58:49 pm (CST)
$618 02/08/2025 6:56:53 pm (CST)
$600 02/08/2025 6:56:51 pm (CST)
$584 02/08/2025 6:53:15 pm (CST)
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$525 02/08/2025 6:47:19 pm (CST)
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$440 02/08/2025 6:38:07 pm (CST)
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$232 02/07/2025 10:58:46 pm (CST)
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$221 02/01/2025 4:45:20 pm (CST)
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$112 01/31/2025 2:47:25 pm (CST)
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$27 01/31/2025 8:39:33 am (CST)
$22 01/31/2025 8:39:33 am (CST)
$10 01/30/2025 10:23:35 pm (CST)
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