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Mineral Specimens with Sartorite
- 6 specimens selected
5.8 x 4 x 2.6 cm. A beautiful sartorite crystal, nicely protected in a vug of this soft limestone matrix. The crystal is way over 1 cm, and very thick as well. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.
5.3 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm. Discovered in this quarry in the late 1800s, sartorite remains a very rare species today. It is a lead arsenic sulfide. The best crystals are from this locale. This sharp 7.5mm crystal is associated with brilliant red realgar, both protected in a shallow vug in soft marble matrix. Ex. Bill Pinch Collection.
ex. Martin Zinn
Simply beautiful sartorite crystal, nicely protected in a vug of this soft limestone matrix. It could be exposed more if you wished, but is nice as is. This is just very far beyond, in size and robustness, anything you normally see for sale. The crystal is way over 1 cm, and very thick as well.
From the TYPE LOCALITY for this rare species, here is a beautiful, striated, 7.5-mm sartorite crystal in a protected cavity of sugary dolomite matrix. From the collection of a longtime Lengenbach collector, which was sold off recently. Note there is a smudge of realgar and possibly other, rarer species in microcrystals, to the side.
From the TYPE LOCALITY for this rare species, here is a protected cavity hosting a cluster of 2-3mm striated sartorite crystals, in sugary dolomite matrix. From the collection of a longtime Lengenbach collector, which was sold off recently.
From the TYPE LOCALITY for this rare species, here is a beautiful, extremely metallic and lustrous, 5 x 4 mm crystal in a protected cavity of sugary dolomite matrix. From the collection of a longtime Lengenbach collector, which was sold off recently.
- 6 specimens selected
Rob Lavinsky, rob@irocks.com
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