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Stannite
- San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Oruro Dept., Bolivia
- Thumbnail, 1.6 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
- Start Time: 03/25/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/31/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very fine thumbnail of sharp, moderately lustrous and striated, tetragonal stannite crystals to 8 mm from the famous San Jose Mine of Bolivia. Small microcrystals of another sulfosalt, possibly andorite or zinkenite are visible on the top of the piece. This is classic material from the 1970s finds at this noted locale. Ex Carl Davis Collection.