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Dan Ripley Select Natural History Auction featuring Minerals, Artifacts and Taxidermy

June 23, 2012

Lot: 65Lot: 67

Ferroaxinite; New Melones Lake, Calaveras County, California.
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Ferroaxinite; New Melones Lake, Calaveras County, California.
LOT 66

Ferroaxinite; New Melones Lake, Calaveras County, California.



Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Realized: $0

Ferroaxinite; New Melones Lake, Calaveras County, California. This is a huge and rare cluster of up to 1 in., large gem, reddish-brown Ferroaxinite tabular crystals with glossy lustre from a rare and unique locale for this species. This find was in 1981 and yielded some of the finest Ferroaxinite specimens in North America.


size 8 x 5 x 2.75 in