Dolomite on Pyrrhotite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miniature, 4.6 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 03/16/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/23/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A cool old time specimen from Naica featuring small, waxy, white rhombic Dolomite sitting on metallic silvery-golden color Pyrrhotite matrix. This piece 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 ).

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