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MD-207489
Chondrodite
Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, Putnam Co., New York, USA
Miniature, 4.0 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
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An old-time and classic piece from the long-closed Tilly Foster Mine of New York of three, sharp, lustrous, partially gemmy, rust-brown chondrodite crystals to 1.0 cm nicely set on contrasting matrix. This is a highly representative and showy piece from this famous iron mine (magnetite ore), that closed in 1897. Ex. George Elling Collection.