Cerussite with Barite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Item Description

Sharp, lustrous, gemmy, golden colored, well-formed Cerussite crystals sit amongst iron-coated reddish-orange bladed Barite. The piece is in great shape on the display side, and the Cerussite crystals are rather gemmy in areas. This locality is well known for its Vanadinite specimens, but has produced some very attractive Cerussites over the years. A good sized specimen of this classic and distinctive material from Mibladen. The largest Cerussite measures 5 mm across. 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 the famous Columbine Mineral Shop in Ouray, Colorado.