Three Polished Cabinet Specimens: a Mimetite, a Basalt and a Bloodstone
Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Mun. de Ojo Caliente, Zacatecas, Mexico
A miniature specimen or "toenail", and a rare example of a polished mimetite, revealing a cross-section view of vivid orange crystals, RHC8305, measuring 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. Together with a tumbled bloodstone, India, weighing 17.3 grams and measuring 1 1/4 x 1 x 1/2 in; and a polished Basalt, near Pune, Maharashtra, India, RHC7533, measuring 2 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3)
Accompanied by a paper label:
RHC8305:
Acquired 2013 Toenail 23.2 gm
A cut and polished rounded stone showing orange yellow rimmed mimetite with white calcite? Bought the specimen on my way to Tucson from Howard Vargas, who was Glen Vargas's [sic] son. Too bad there was not more of this rough. It would have cut beautiful stones.
Accompanied by a paper label for 7533.
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Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Mun. de Ojo Caliente, Zacatecas, Mexico
A miniature specimen or "toenail", and a rare example of a polished mimetite, revealing a cross-section view of vivid orange crystals, RHC8305, measuring 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. Together with a tumbled bloodstone, India, weighing 17.3 grams and measuring 1 1/4 x 1 x 1/2 in; and a polished Basalt, near Pune, Maharashtra, India, RHC7533, measuring 2 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3)
Accompanied by a paper label:
RHC8305:
Acquired 2013 Toenail 23.2 gm
A cut and polished rounded stone showing orange yellow rimmed mimetite with white calcite? Bought the specimen on my way to Tucson from Howard Vargas, who was Glen Vargas's [sic] son. Too bad there was not more of this rough. It would have cut beautiful stones.
Accompanied by a paper label for 7533.