Barite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Item Description

This specimen is at leat 40 years old, and possibly older as it resembles other Barites from Hartsel that I have seen which were found in the 1960's. This area has produced some of the best known "blue" Barites from Colorado, and these specimens are sought after by Colorado collectors. Here we have a nice display piece featuring sharp, layered lustrous, bladed, soft blue color translucent Barite crystals. Only slight roughness, but great shape all around. Minor iron makes for a nice contrast. A good small cabinet specimen of this hard to find material. This specimen comes from the collection of Willard W. Wulff (1904-1998) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a prominent figure and collector of Colorado minerals. Wulff was one of the founding members of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society in 1936. You can read Willard's bio on the Mineralogical Record website here ( http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=1528 ).