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Spinel (rare locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
- Potter Pass (Kaiser Peak Area), Fresno County, California, USA
- Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm
- Start Time: 09/16/2021 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/23/2021 6:55:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $248
Item Description
A cool locality piece labeled as coming from Potter Pass, Fresno Co., California featuring sharp, well-formed, lustrous, octahedral crystals of Spinel measuring up to 4 mm on matrix. The color may look black in reflected light, but with some strong backlighting, I can see the color is a hue of purple, ranging from a dark inky grey in the larger crystals to more of a silvery hue in the smaller crystals. I've never seen a piece with this locality before, and if you collect minerals of California, don't miss out on picking this esoteric piece for your collection. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#11207). Kay was a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics. She nearly lived 100 years from April 1920 - March 2020. See the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record ( https://www.mineralogicalrecord.com/pdfs/Kay%20Robertson%20Collection.pdf ), and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017. The piece is accompanied by a label from the collection of Ernest W. Chapman.
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Bidding History
Bid Amount | Bid Time |
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$248 | 09/23/2021 6:46:34 pm (CDT) |
$238 | 09/23/2021 6:46:34 pm (CDT) |
$232 | 09/23/2021 6:43:06 pm (CDT) |
$222 | 09/23/2021 6:43:04 pm (CDT) |
$159 | 09/23/2021 6:41:46 pm (CDT) |
$149 | 09/23/2021 6:41:44 pm (CDT) |
$85 | 09/23/2021 3:29:17 pm (CDT) |
$75 | 09/20/2021 9:37:21 pm (CDT) |
$68 | 09/20/2021 9:37:21 pm (CDT) |
$38 | 09/19/2021 4:16:46 pm (CDT) |
$33 | 09/19/2021 4:16:46 pm (CDT) |
$10 | 09/17/2021 4:06:06 pm (CDT) |