Crocoite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

A wonderful old specimen of Crococite from the famous Red Lead Mine in Tasmania. The crystals have a strong reddish-orange color with fine luster and sharpness sitting on matrix. The largest crystal measures 2.7 cm long. This is clearly older material, dating back around the 1970s I would say and is a good overall example of the species. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #482) with an accompanying label from A. Citran of Italy. Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.