Important Natural History Auction 2017-07-30
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/29/2017
SET OF FLUORESCENT CABINET SPECIMENS
Eight in total, including soft green halite from the Salton Sea; pale bottle-green crystals of chalcotrichite from Ajo, Arizona; soft orange Wernerite from Quebec; translucent white fluorite from the Burtree Pastures Mine, Weardale Co., Durham, UK; a rich purple corundum ruby in matrix from Hit-Ostrov, Karelia, Russia; American willemite; and two Mexican calcite specimen, each bursting into vibrant, fluorescent life in a variety of vivid colors under UV light, the largest measuring 4 1/4 inches across.
$600 - 800\n