Bornite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

A beautiful display specimen featuring a sharp, well-fomed iridescent crystal of Bornite measuring 8 mm sitting on matrix to create a gorgeous miniature. The piece has no real damage on the display side and looks beautiful up close. Valued at $500 in the inventory, and certainly worth picking up if you missed out on these 20 years ago. There are no more of them on the market, and they specifically are some of the best crystallized Bornite examples out there. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #). Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.