For sale – SAMPLEITE – Endeavour 26, North Parkes Mine, New - TopicsExpress



          

For sale – SAMPLEITE – Endeavour 26, North Parkes Mine, New South Wales, Australia. 230mm x 180mm x 60mm. Price is $400 including standard postage within Australia. This is a large, museum quality specimen of the mineral. The piece has a surface coating of blue bursts of the rare phosphate mineral sampleite up to 5mm across scattered over the surface. The piece has a sawn reverse side that has been reinforced in order to stabilise a crack that is visible in the specimen and to ensure that it remains intact. Sampleite was first described in 1942 for an occurrence in Chuquicamata, Chile and was named after Mat Sample, a mine superintendent for the Chile Exploration Company. We accept PayPal, Direct Deposit and Credit Card via phone and email.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 01:16:57 +0000

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