Staurolite "cross" (Kay Robertson Coll.) - rare locale

Cattle Creek, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Miniature, 4.1 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 07/21/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/27/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A classic oblique moderately lustrous 60-degree twinned staurolite "cross" from Australia. The sharp 360-degree pseudo-orthorhombic grayish-brown crystal is essentially pristine. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 12886. MINDAT does not list staurolite from the Mount Isa Mines. The piece is undoubtely from Cattle Creek. Specimens of this quality are seldom on the market. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record).

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