Updated 1d ago
4
Atacamite with Quartz$18,000.00
Wire transfers available, to set up
This is one of the best specimens I know of for large atacamite crystals from the Lily Mine in Peru, from small production that trickled to market over a few years in the early 2000s (and I have been to the mine, as well - see Mineral Explorers on PBS television). It has intense, large green crystals to 2.6 cm long and 7 mm wide with an incredibly glassy luster! The main crystal is doubly terminated, which is almost unheard of for a crystal this size! Please note that this compares more than favorably to the best Aussie examples known, which date from the late 1800s and early 1900s - and are unavailable in any case. In fact, this is BETTER as it has luster, at a much higher quality level. There are at least three dozen other gorgeous atacamite crystals to over 1 cm that line the drusy quartz-filled vuggy area on this lovely piece. All of these atacamites are super lustrous, prismatic crystals that are at least terminated on one end. The quartz druse is developed on a powdery blue coating of chrysocolla that lines much of the vug and there is also granular massive band of rich green malachite outlines a portion of it. There is some minor damage to a few of the crystals at one peripheral edge of the piece adjacent to the malachite, otherwise in excellent condition. Dramatic, colorful and a truly significant piece for the species! This is something the likes of which we dream of, a top example of a colorful rare species, on matrix, well displayed and simply pretty on a shelf. The species is important, interesting, colorful; and anything close to this level is from over 100 years ago and already in a museum - making it one of the finest rarities in this species-focused update.
Comments
Known provenance
Species and Locality Wiki Pages
Collectors of Atacamite from Peru
Atacamite from Peru Sales Data
From
To
From
To
Loading sales data...
All Sales
Loading specimens...