Calcite on Galena (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.

Item Description

Sharp, glassy, translucent, complex calcite rhombs, to 2.3 cm, with satin lustre faces are richly and attractively set on the galena matrix on this outstanding large combination old-timer from the historic mines at St Andreasberg. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 6063 and acquired from Herb Obodda at the Anaheim Show in 1969. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien-Welt" November-December 2017). She assembled a nice suite of classics and rarities from this famed district. See the Mineralogical Record St. Andreasberg Special Issue, May-June, 2017, Vol. 48, No. 3. A classic and excellent large old-time calcite with galena from the famous locale. The last mine closed in 1910. Neon-orange fluorescence!