SOLD
MD-64007
Limonite
Qinglong (Dachang) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co., Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
Cabinet, 10.5 x 9.8 x 5.5 cm
SOLD
We had two of these amazing limonite specimens in auctions awhile back that were fiercely bid on. But that was all we had. We spent 4 months after that trying to track down the Chinese guy who had them, and by the time the Tucson Show rolled around, we had found him and arranged to meet him in Tucson. There, he had about 65 specimens - the great majority of which were ugly, but a small portion of which had the amazing irridescence you see here. We had to buy the entire lot of 65 to get the 6 or 7 good ones - which was hard to bite off, but we did it. Since then, we have found two or three more specimens with other dealers and bought them as well. They probably came from the same Chinese guy, before we bought the lot. You just do not see them around. At any rate, they just have the most amazing neon luster, nothing quite like it elsewhere in the mineral kingdom that we've ever seen. This one is mostly red with a hint of golden-green. 10.5 x 9.8 x 5.5 cm