$1,400.00 €1,270 £1,070.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
A splendid specimen composed of pale\ apricot-orange Spessartine garnet crystals overgrowing a rich bed of likewise coloured octahedral Scheelite crystals. The rich patches of these two species are surrounded by 2 to 3 mm bladed crystals of Muscovite mica which coat the top surface of a block of banded gneiss. The Spessartine crystals are developed to about 5 mm and the Scheelite average 2 to 3 mm.
Ex. the Mineral Collection of Archduke Stephan Franz Viktor of Hungary (1817 to 1867), with a historic Archduke (Erzherzog) Stephan label incorporating his coat of arms. This large label measures 9.9 x 8.1 cm and it complete (untrimmed) and is numbered 319/31. A small label bearing this same number is glued at one end of the specimen, together with a Carl Rumpff label, dated 1889. The large format Archduke label is in very good condition but has been folded once, leaving a single, off-centre, vertical crease. Also with this specimen is a hand written description of a similar specimen numbered 319/40. The description covers six lines and appears to be the same hand writing as on the Archduke Stephan label.