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Pyromorphite on Quartz (NEW find)
- Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
- Cabinet, 10.4 x 8.0 x 3.4 cm
- Start Time: 05/04/2009 8:20:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/14/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An EXCELLENT, very rich and uncommon CABINET combination specimen from a NEW FIND at the famous Daoping Mine of China. What a nice contrast! Lustrous, translucent, "wet-look", apple-green pyromorphite barrels to 6 mm are festooned on the curved crust of blunt-tipped, milky quartz crystals. This is a RARE, extremely showy combination, the VERY FIRST find of pyromorphite on quartz from Daoping. WE have occasionally seen Daoping pyromorphite with cerussite, but never with quartz. Facinating! Valued $900-1000