Limonite

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We had two of these amazing limonite specimens in auctions awhile back. 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 some of which had the amazing iridescence you see here. We had to buy the entire lot of 65 to get the good ones - which was hard to bite off, but we did it. This is one of the largest of all of them, granted with more contacted stalactitic "knobs" than some of the other pieces (remember that limonite is iron oxide; all of these specimens have spots of "rust" showing, but some have more contacts than others; the knobs basically look like rust inside, which is essentially what they are - iron oxide). It DOES, however, have the amazing play of colors that makes these so notable - particularly greens and reds (these colors do not show up well in the pics - the luster you can see, but not the colors). Note that we did not see ANY MORE of this material at the show, with anybody! 17.3 x 12.7 x 9.1cm

Product details

SpeciesLimonite

SizeLarge Cabinet

Dimensions17.3 x 12.7 x 9.1 cm

Added on10/23/2024

LocalityChina, Guangxi, Nandan County

Known provenance

Date	Collector	Acquisition price
08/2024	Unknown Owner	Not disclosed
—	The Arkenstone	Not disclosed

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earthy iron oxides famed for textured boxworks and pseudomorphs after pyrite; sculptural stalactites and historic localities attract collectors.

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