Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Garnet

Views:
Watches:
LGM893200

Garnet

Ex A.E. Foote, Philadelphia (PA),USA
With Antique Label

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 9 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
350.00gr
Description

A 19th century specimen consisting of massive, granular garnet var. grossular, with crystal faces or incomplete, dodecahedral crystals in cavities where they could develop freely. The color is gray, partly brownish-yellow due to iron oxides.

Comes with on-glued antique sticker of A. E. Foote (1846-1895).
Albert Edward Foote was one of America's most famous early mineral dealers. He began collecting minerals in 1862 and was a student of Prof. Walcott Gibbs at Cambridge and Prof. Hoffmann in Berlin. He displayed his fine personal collection in New York in 1873, and at the St. Louis Exposition in 1875, where he was awarded a medal. In 1875 he moved to Philadelphia. In 1876, to help launch his new business, Foote issued a substantial catalog of minerals for sale from his Philadelphia address at 3725 Lancaster Avenue. He also continued to place award-winning exhibits at the major international fairs. Foote died of a chronic tuberculosis infection on October 10, 1895, at the young age of 49, having built one of the largest and most successful mineral dealerships in history.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

Thank you for viewing my auctions! Maintaining high standards in customer service is extremely important to me. If shipping takes longer than expected, please contact me. It is possible to file an investigation request, and during nearly ten years of e-rocks NO parcel was finally lost.

If for any reason you are not happy with any aspect of your transaction, please let me know as soon as possible, ideally within 1 week of receiving your specimen.

I will happily do all in my power to resolve the situation to your satisfaction.

+++IMPORTANT+++
Paypal is NOT accepted within Germany! I will charge a supplement of 2.5% for paypal payments within Germany. Bank transfer / offline payment is without costs and usually also completed within one day.
Within EU countries, bank transfer is also possible but not mandatory. I will offer free shipping or a discount in some cases. Please ask after receiving your invoice.