Manganoan Adamite With Lotharmeyerite
Unknown Owner
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These rare crystals, of this quality, were found just ONCE in the mid 1980s and brought to market by John Whitmire in a single offering at the Tucson show. A choice example remains today one of the hardest items of Mexican material to obtain. This piece is "just a thumb size" perhaps, but what a fine one! Super crystals to 1.5 cm, top quality, on matrix no less! I have never seen as nice a matrix thumbnail of this material for sale. Formerly in the collection and with label of Willard Perkins, the collector who invented the so-called "Perky Box" for thumbnails (it also has microcrystals of lotharmeyerite. examine the specimen very CLOSELY with a stereo scope and see if you see any tiny dark red needles scattered on the black matrix. That would be lotharmeyerite - Mapimi is the type locale and it was found with purple adamite).
Product details
SpeciesAdamite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions2.7 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityMexico, Durango, Ojuela Mine
Known provenance
| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| 08/2024 | Unknown Owner | Not disclosed |
| — | The Arkenstone | Not disclosed |
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