Actinolite (classic locale) Robert Whitmore Coll.

West Pierrepont, St Lawrence Co., New York
Small Cabinet, 8.2 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
Start Time: 01/13/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/20/2011 6:43:52 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Unusually sharp, dark olive-green, actinolite prisms are attractively clustered on matrix on this outstanding amphibole group specimen from a historic New York locale. The lustrous crystals are actually moderately translucent! Actinolite crystals of this sharp quality are uncommon worldwide. Superior quality matrix material from this classic locale. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection and collected by Terry Holmes in 1991, according to the card.

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