Baryte (rare locality specimen) (collected: 2010)

Item Description

This is the only specimen of Baryte that we've ever seen from the Golden Fleece Mine near Lake City, and it was personally collected by George Loud on September 9, 2010. Sharp, white blades measuring up to 1.0 cm on edge, sit on somewhat porous Quartz matrix. A cool locality specimen for any fan of worldwide Barytes or minerals from Colorado.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 28.3.1.1 CO.42; 9412. George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
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