Smithsonite -historic blue green nodule
stock #AX-35-112-(1095)
Lavrion
Attiki Prefecture Laurion District,
Greece
7.5 x 5.1 x 2.2 CM (miniature)
price: $320
Spring 2017
From the noted collection of Wallace Gould Levison, purchased by him in 1893 from an even older collection obtained by HG Diserow, seemingly pre 1870. Classic translucent Smithsonite from Laurium with fine blue green color, sawn and lightly polished. A photocopy of Levisons handwritten catalog entry page for this specimen is supplied with the piece. Levison was an important Victorian era US collector, inventor (first patent for a movie camera, UV mineral systems etc.) and prolific author.
Chalcedony- purple Stalactitic finger
stock #17.1-134
Manakarra, Mumuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province
Sulawesi Island,
Indonesia
5.5 x 2 x 1.2 CM (small cabinet/ large miniature)
price: $260
Spring 2017
An impressive, perfect purple stalactitic Chalcedony finger with wet luster that is viewable on all sides, a 360 degree piece. The exciting new finds of Indonesian Chalcedony or grape agate has been big news in the mineral world. We looked through literally tons of material but found just a few perfect, complete, colorful and sculptural pieces. This one is from that top .001 percent, pristine and pretty.
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