Calcite (nailhead habit) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Item Description

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 ). The piece comes with a typed label from Wulff on one of his famous 3x5 index cards that states the piece was acquired from Bob Criss. The Calcite crystals measure up to 9 mm, and have a beautiful silver and white two tone appearance, but the best part of the piece is the fact that the crystals show a classic "nailhead" habit with compressed rhombohedra sitting atop pointed scalenohedral crystals. The piece simply labeled as coming from "Iceland", but if anybody has an idea of a more specific locality, please let us know. Only minor damage, but really attractive up close. A great old time specimen from this noteworthy collection.