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BEM-22 - Bunsenite - $ 300 SOLD
Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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Bunsenite - Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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Bunsenite - Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Formula: NiO - the simple nickel oxide. This is an EXTREMELY RARE nickel species and German rarity as well. This specimen, with a rich coating of microcrystals on the front surface, is likely from the type find, I am told (though there is no way to prove it now), as it was in the American Museum by the late 1800s with catalogue number 5305 there. From the rarities suite of Lawrence Conklin, who exchanged it from the American Museum of Natural History. Year of Discovery: 1858 at this, the type locality.



MD-154934 - Bunsenite - - Archived
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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Bunsenite - Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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Bunsenite - Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

1.7 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm. Formula: NiO - the simple nickel oxide. The bunsenite is the lighter yellow-green material that's visible on the top face (confirmed by Dr. Mark Feinglos in whose collection this now resides). This is an extremely rare nickel species and German rarity as well. This specimen is likely from the type find, I am told (though there is no way to prove it now), as it was in the American Museum by the late 1800s with catalogue number 5305 there. From the rarities suite of Lawrence Conklin, who exchanged it from the American Museum of Natural History. Year of Discovery: 1858 at this, the type locality.



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