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Euchroite

Ex Dave Bunk Minerals 15 February 2009, Robert W. Jones, Jr., Lazard Cahn (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Jim Minette & Alex Schauss.


Exhibited: one of the 35 displayed specimens that won the 2010 Paul Desautel Trophy for Best Mineral Case in Competition at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show.


Featured on p.17 in of Tom Moore’s ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ on The Mineralogical Record website Report #71 of 26 August 2024, where it is described as a “remarkable piece”.

Product details

SpeciesEuchroite
SizeThumbnail
Dimensions2.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Added on11/01/2025
LocalitySlovakia, Banská Bystrica Region, Ľubietová
Publications
  • Tucson Gem & Mineral Show Best Mineral Case in Competition 2010
  • What’s New in the Mineral World? #71 of 26 August 2024 page 17
Current owner
DL
David Lucas
Member since 2025
Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
02/2009Alex SchaussNot disclosed
—Dave Bunk MineralsNot disclosed
01/1980Jim MinetteNot disclosed
"Largest xtl of this ever seen. Superb. From Lazard Cahn Collection."
—Dave WilberNot disclosed
"Between Cahn and Minette, it somehow ended up with Dave Wilber, literally the guru of all things quality in minerals who kickstarted the modern age of mineral collecting." - Rob Lavinsky, Arkenstone.
—Lazard CahnNot disclosed