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D06-111 - Manganoan Adamite with lotharmeyerite - $ 950 SOLD Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm ex. John and Linda Stimson ex. Willard Perkin
These rare crystals, of this quality, were found just ONCE in the mid 1980s and brought to market by John Whitmire in a single offering at the Tucson show. A choice example remains today one of the hardest items of Mexican material to obtain. This piece is "just a thumb size" perhaps, but what a fine one! Super crystals to 1.5 cm, top quality, on matrix no less! I have never seen as nice a matrix thumbnail of this material for sale. Formerly in the collection and with label of Willard Perkins, the collector who invented the so-called "Perky Box" for thumbnails (it also has microcrystals of lotharmeyerite. examine the specimen VERY CLOSELY with a stereo scope and see if you see any tiny dark red needles scattered on the black matrix. That would be lotharmeyerite - Mapimi is the type locale and it was found with purple adamite).
MD-83357 - Adamite (Var: Manganoan Adamite), Lotharmeyerite - - Archived Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico thumbnail, 1.5 cm.
These rare crystals were found by John Whitmire. Crystals to 1.5 cm. Formerly in the collection and with label of Willard Perkins, the collector who invented the so-called "Perky Box" for thumbnails. (it also has microcrystals of lotharmeyerite: tiny dark red needles scattered on the black matrix. 2.7 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||
