Barite with Cinnabar (classic material) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)

Item Description

This is a fantastic old-time classic specimen of the famous Clarashall Mine Barites. This small cabinet specimen features sharp, lustrous, bladed, gemmy, colorless crystals associated with rarely seen bright red micro crystals of Cinnabar. The largest Barite measures 1.4 cm. Typically one will see Cinnabar INCLUSIONS in these Barites, but this piece has the Cinnabar actually sitting ATOP the Barite crystals. You don't see many pieces from this mine on the market, since it closed in 1974, but they are truly some of the better quality Barites you'll find from any German locality. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974.