HISTORIC AMAZONITE. ...

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HISTORIC AMAZONITE
Pike's Peak Area, Park Co., Colorado
A luscious blue-green hue straight out of a Caribbean fantasy colors this historic Amazonite specimen. Mined in the 1800's, it was originally in the Clarence S. Bement Collection, which was purchased and donated to the American Museum of Natural History (A.M.N.H.) by financier J.P. Morgan. Decades later it was acquired by mineral dealer and collector Lawrence Conklin. The Amazonite specimen consists of a sharply defined main crystal with a minor secondary crystal to one side. There is a small amount of white, bladed Feldspar matrix at the base. Comes with both the A.M.N.H. label, a Conklin label and is accompanied by a custom acrylic base. Overall specimen dimensions are 3 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 ½ inches and it is in excellent condition.
Provenance: Ex Clarence S. Bement Collection; Ex American Museum of Natural History; Ex Lawrence Conklin Collection



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