Actinolite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

A classic old specimen of the famous Norwegian Actinolites featuring fine, sharp, lustrous, rich green colored striated prisms measuring up to 1.2 cm long with associated minor Quartz or Calcite. Several crystals on the display side are in excellent shape and even show sharp terminations. Please note that the given locality on the label is "Arendal", but I'm fairly certain this is inaccurate, so if anybody out there knows a more specific locality where this piece might be from, please let us know. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#9789). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).