Celestine w/ Sulfur (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.

Item Description

This classic old Sicily sulfur mine was active from the beginning of the 1800s to 1987 (MINDAT) and is famous for celestine and sulfur specimens. A sculptural parallel-growth cluster of large chisel terminated very glassy crystals is accented with a bit of sulfur on one side. Complete all-around and nearly pristine, with only a trivial bit of termination edge wear. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 2505 and acquired in May, 1962. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record). Ghostly white fluorescence with some pink fluorescent aragonite on one side. At up to 6.9 cm, these are LARGE crystals for the locale.