Sugilite

N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Alex Schauss
Thumbnail, 1.7 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
Start Time: 01/20/2023 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/29/2023 1:05:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $1,016

Item Description

This gorgeous specimen looks like purple velvet, more than any usual crystalline material, and may be the finest thumbnail of its style (according to Alex, who saw the pocket). This comes from the late 2013 discovery of this style of floater growths of solid sugilite crystals, in a single pocket. Alex believes this extraordinary purple fibrous floater is the finest thumbnail for his taste because of its size and balance, and uniformity of quality, not that there are not other thumbnails out there. Photo by Jeff Scovil as published at least 4 times that we know of! This is published in: The Mineralogical Record, 2014; 45(4): 356; Lapis (German edition), 2015; 40(3): 11; The Mineralogical Record, “N’Chwaning!” issue, 2017; 48(1): 111. And recently, published in Mineralogical Record, Refined Elegance: The Small Treasures of Mineralogy, November 2022. It speaks volumes that it is actually in the Kalahari issue, above all others. Valued $2000-plus.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$1,016 01/29/2023 12:57:19 pm (CST)
$1,000 01/29/2023 12:57:19 pm (CST)
$991 01/29/2023 12:57:07 pm (CST)
$966 01/29/2023 12:57:06 pm (CST)
$941 01/29/2023 12:57:02 pm (CST)
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$891 01/29/2023 12:56:58 pm (CST)
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$741 01/29/2023 12:56:43 pm (CST)
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$691 01/27/2023 10:56:05 am (CST)
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