Calcite Ex. Brookmyer, Kloc, Ed David Coll.

Item Description

From the well known collection of Dr. Ed David, the President Nixon former science advisor and a longtime mineral collector, this is a HUGE, bowling-ball-sized single twinned crystal from this classic East Coast locale! I have not myself seen a larger one, in good condition. The piece glows with intense burnt-orange color when backlit even a little bit, very translucent. It is complete all around, and just shocking in size compared to the usual 2-3 inch crystals from this quarry. Once valued at $2500 after my purchase of this collection in 2005, it is auctioned now at less than I paid for it....and less than HE paid for it in 2003 ($1800). Superb, rare, American classic. Apparently this was the ONLY pocket of such large crystals, in this style, ever found there. Field collector Bryon Brookmyer kept this piece in his Pennsylvania collection awhile, and then sold it to the Ed David collection. I purchased the Ed David collection in 2005. Mass is over 2 kilos... for this single crystal!