“4.8 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm. I was surprised by this superb, full miniature in Al's collection. It is a display-quality specimen from the Comstock, probably from the late 1800s (as the typical period label on back seems to confirm), featuring a castle-like cluster of sharp acanthites perched on crystallized quartz. This association is classically known, but so rarely seen. Al got this in 2006, from an old collection being broken up. ”

“4.8 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm. I was surprised by this superb, full miniature in Al's collection. It is a display-quality specimen from the Comstock, probably from the late 1800s (as the typical period label on back seems to confirm), featuring a castle-like cluster of sharp acanthites perched on crystallized quartz. This association is classically known, but so rarely seen. Al got this in 2006, from an old collection being broken up. ”