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Lot 8235

Variscite

4 December 2005, 11:00 PST
Los Angeles

US$1,200 - US$1,500

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Variscite

Little Green Monster Mine
near Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah

From an old collection, this is an antique variscite specimen with the best color and saturation, suitable for either display or for carving because of its exceptional quality. It is one of the best specimens for its size range to be available on the market in recent years. The beauty of this material made it well-known for carving and decorative use, thus large specimens of this caliber were mostly cut up long ago. Modern material lacks, in general, the same color saturation as this older material. Measuring 5 x 4 x 3 ½ in.

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Accompanied by a label from the collection of Ed Ruggiero.

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