Danburite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

When it comes to Danburite, there aren't a lot of localities around the world where fine crystals are found, but there is no argument that the finest crystals of Danburite in the world are those from Charcas. These crystals are large, often water-clear with high luster and are simply a classic from Mexico. This specimen hosts a very glassy, razor-sharp, prismatic crystal of Danburite measuring 6.0 cm long with a wonderful textbook chisel-shaped termination proudly flaring off a smaller secondary partial crystal of Danburite which is coated with small sugary white Quartz crystals. The top right corner of the termination on the main crystals does have a tiny nick, but it's still fine quality crystal in terms of size and gemminess. The crystal is complete on the front and back and as you can see the topmost portion is WATER CLEAR! Like many Danburites from this locality, the crystal has a faint pink hue, which is a quintessential attribute of this fantastic material. Valued at $1,250 in our inventory. From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016). David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.