Barite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

A beautiful group of classic golden Barites from Sarindia (labeled as coming from the "La Duchesa Mine") featuring sharp, lustrous, gemmy, thick, tabular crystals with good form and dark "phantoms" near the center. The piece is virtually pure Barite, with almost no matrix and looks great from several directions. One of the larger crystals is cleaved, but the main crystal, which measures 3.6 cm is in great shape. If you have ever wanted a piece of these well-known Barites from Italy, don't miss out on this beauty. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#9275). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record). A beautiful and attractive specimen from this famous area for the material.