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4JD19 - Hubnerite with Quartz - $ 395 SOLD Huallapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Dept., Peru small cabinet, 5.7 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm |
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A very rare replacement from an old Japanese locale, this is a rare cluster of crystals with matrix. It is heavy, thick , and very 3-dimensional! The piece still carries on old label in Japanese and English noting that this is "Reinite from Otomesake, Kai Prov." Interestingly the label may be associated with an organized collection by a metals factory related to the mining: "Shimadzu Factory, Specimen Department." rare, old material seldom seen in any quality. This specimen was at the Munich show last year (09) and comes from the Christian Rewitzer collection
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Aesthetically nestled in a bed of colorless, transparent quartz crystals, to 3.0 cm in length, are several parallelhubnerite crystals: dark red, with bright red, gemmy, highlights. I have never seen such thick AND gemmy hubnerites and the contrast with the stark white quartz is incredible. This is a VERY choice piece that came out in the 1980s and has long been in a private German collection. The lustre, color, sharpness of the crystals is superb. It is nice that they have REAL terminations instead of the usual fuzzy-terminated style from the locality where the terminations just sort of taper off. Here, we have lustrous, chisel-shaped faces. The largest hubnerite crystal measures over 5.0 cm in length. The color and crystal contrast, again, is just MUCH BETTER IN PERSON to the point i guarantee you won't even believe its the same piece when you hold it in good lighting, compared even to these nice pics.
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This hubnerite specimen is a large beast of a crystal cluster, perched upright on quartz matrix. It is 800 grams mass. It is nearly pristine with no damage of any significance at all, and is complete all around , 360-degrees. The lustre is waxy, and metallic at the same time, really unusual. The color is a dark reddish-black, with red highlights when lit up strongly. According to Rock Currier, this is from the famous finds prior to 1980, probably from the late 1960s. These finds established Mundo Nuevo as the premier locality for the species at this time. This remarkable specimen is certainly one of the most important examples of its species from this locale (as confirmed by Rock Currier , who should know - and who brought out so many in the old days!). In fact, both he and I would go further and state that, for overall combination of textbook morphology, size and quality, this is one of the best examples of its species from ANY locality in my experience and in his far greater experience. For the textbook crystallography, and how dramatically it displays, upright like a sculpture, this is simply one of my favorite South American or "ugly black rock" specimens I have personally offered EVER on this site - even though far from the most expensive. But, here i think, you get a lot of import for the dollar.
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I had personally never seen a California Hubnerite before. This was a total surprise to me, when I noted the label. I am still surprised, as I lived in California for 8 years and never heard of such a thing. But here one is, and cabinet sized no less. It was obtained by dealer Scott Kleine from an old collection recently, and seems legit - it certainly looks like no hubnerite I have seen from elsewhere, for combination of style and matrix. The matrix matches that described on MINDAT as: a hydrothermal vein deposit hosted in andesite, rhyolite, tuff, basalt, and sedimentary breccia (http://www.mindat.org/loc-3431.html). A curiosity for the collection of US minerals and tungstates! NOTE - i was recently told that collector Neil Prenn supplied many of these to the market in the 1980s, when working the property as a mining consultant.
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A cherry-red, translucent rhomb of rhodochrosite is the center of this superb, display-quality miniature, which is both aesthetic and significant for the size and price range. The crystal is 4 cm across, and the associated hubnerite is 1.6 cm long. The rhodochrosite is complete all around, 360 degrees, and shows sharp stepped growth which is rather unusual in rhodo crystals of this size from Sweet Home. The result equates to more faces, and more reflections. The whole crystal is translucent and glows when backlit. Moreover, the edges are actually see-through gemmy. For balance, color, size, it would be VERY hard to find a miniature as choice and special as this one, in the price range. Most specimens sold today are simply mediocre miniatures, just an "example" of a rhodo. This piece, I have always felt was special. It was formerly in the private collection of a retired mineral dealer. Joe Budd photos.