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CA - San Bernadino County - Lead Ore Specimens - Southern California

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
CA - San Bernadino County - Lead Ore Specimens - Southern California
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 14. Southern California Lead Specimens- Inyo and San Bernardino Counties. Most specimens have a light/brown, gray, or dark in color with patches of shiny specks. There is minimal cleavage, strong hardness, and several are quite dull. Lot includes several topaz specimens from the Topaz Lake District - spots of metallic shininess; Phosgenite on Aragonite, phosgenite is typically a transparent looking mineral that occurs in tetragonal patterns- this specimen has tiny spiral pattern in the small fractures and is more dull in luster. One of the shinier items is the small sample of mimetite which is an oxidized version of galena and arsenopyrite; the mimetite is on a piece of campylite- a barrel shaped crystalline structure.