Rhodochrosite

Ushkatyn No. 3 deposit, Zhayrem, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Small Cabinet, 6.3 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 04/16/2021 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/22/2021 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $585
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Item Description

Juicy, rich cherry-red, translucent banded bubbly rhodochrosite botryoids with satin lustre attractively cover the 3-dimensional sawed manganese ore matrix. The botryoids GLOW with cherry-red color, when backlit. Rhodochrosite is the best known species from this less well-known extinct Soviet-era Fe-Mn-Pb-Zn-Ba deposit. Uncommon today, these came out in the mid-1990s, with none since. Valued at $700.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$585 04/22/2021 6:28:00 pm (CDT)
$560 04/22/2021 6:25:43 pm (CDT)
$550 04/22/2021 6:25:43 pm (CDT)
$470 04/22/2021 6:23:22 pm (CDT)
$460 04/22/2021 6:23:22 pm (CDT)
$435 04/22/2021 6:20:32 pm (CDT)
$425 04/22/2021 6:20:32 pm (CDT)
$255 04/22/2021 6:17:03 pm (CDT)
$245 04/22/2021 1:58:58 pm (CDT)
$239 04/22/2021 1:58:58 pm (CDT)
$195 04/22/2021 1:58:34 pm (CDT)
$185 04/22/2021 1:58:34 pm (CDT)
$155 04/22/2021 1:58:23 pm (CDT)
$145 04/22/2021 1:58:23 pm (CDT)
$110 04/22/2021 10:10:23 am (CDT)
$100 04/22/2021 10:10:23 am (CDT)
$70 04/22/2021 10:10:10 am (CDT)
$60 04/22/2021 10:10:10 am (CDT)
$50 04/19/2021 7:48:00 am (CDT)
$45 04/19/2021 7:48:00 am (CDT)
$35 04/17/2021 10:09:59 pm (CDT)
$30 04/17/2021 11:16:15 am (CDT)
$25 * 04/17/2021 11:15:59 am (CDT)
$25 * 04/17/2021 11:15:59 am (CDT)
$20 04/17/2021 11:15:50 am (CDT)
$15 04/17/2021 11:15:50 am (CDT)
$10 04/16/2021 7:25:38 pm (CDT)
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