Cerussite on Barite (ex Tom Campbell Collection)

Item Description

Classic sharp, lustrous, translucent, "smoky" colored, well-formed, twinned Cerussite crystals measuring up to 1.1 cm sitting atop bladed crystals of Barite, creating a lovely miniature sized display specimen. The piece is in great shape on the display side, and the crystals are actually rather gemmy in areas. This locality is well known for its Vanadinite specimens, but has produced some very attractive Cerussites over the years. A fine quality specimen of this classic and distinctive material from Mibladen. Valued at $950 in the inventory. From the worldwide collection of Tom Campbell. Tom is a mineralogist and mineral collect who works with us here at The Arkenstone. He has over 35 years of experience in the fields of exploration geology, mining, and applied mineralogy, and has even more years under his belt as a collector! Tom has described many new species over the years, and discovered the rare phosphates Tiptopite, Fransoletite and Pahasapaite. Tom was also a co-author on the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Minerals. You can see a list of Tom's published works here ( https://www.irocks.com/thomas-j-campbell-publications-list ).