1600436hhphass.r ((BIXBYITE on RHYOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maynards Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 1.8 x 1.7 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, | |
Here is a lustrous 1.8 cm black cubic Bixyite crystal in the white Ryolite. It has the beveled trisoctahedral modifications. Partial incomplete crystal with some chipping on the one end. This partial crystal is a very large in its time. Since then the Solar Wind claim was discovered with much larger heavily modified Bixbyites from the Thomas Range in Utah. ex Advantage Gem specimen circa 1990 |