Name: Augelite with Quartz
Brand: The Arkenstone
Price: 2250 USD
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Augelite with Quartz

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An exceptional, competition-level thumbnail specimen of a rare species from a best-in-species discovery that shocked the mineral world. From 2012-2014, the mining of a small vein at Mundo Nuevo produced superb Augelite and Quartz combinations, and this 360-degree thumbnail well represents that discovery. Here, the crystals of Augelite, an uncommon phosphate, range up to 1 cm in size, and their gemmy interiors range from apple-green in the early growth stages to lightly green-tinted terminations. This attractive look is distinctive for these crystals. The prism faces exhibit gentle striations and a slightly silky luster, while the diminutive associated Quartz crystals are sharp, clear, and few in number. To get a proper feel for these specimens as a whole, "The Mineralogical Record" summed it up nicely in March-April 2011, vol. 42/2, page 141: "These specimens [augelite from Mundo Nuevo] are probably the world's finest for the species, with crystals as large as the largest known from Rapid Creek, Yukon, and from the Champion mine, California." We obtained this specimen directly from the collection of the Ramos family of Lima, Peru, who mined this material at the time.