Fairfieldite with Fluoapatite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

The Foote Mine in North Carolina is one of the most classic localities on the East Coast. It is well-known for its superb phosphate minerals, and amazing micro material. This specimen is a classic combination featuring a gorgeous, translucent, well-crystallized, group of white bladed Fairfieldite along with a few smaller groups associated with wonderful green and purple bi-colored hexagonal Apatite crystals along with Albite and Quartz on matrix. The main Fairfieldite group measures 3 mm across, and is best seen with magnification, but it is gorgeous up close. The Apatite crystals measure up to 6 mm, and need a bit of backlighting to see the color, but they are as distinctive as it gets from any world locality. A really cool example of this hard to find material from a beloved locale. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#4859). Kay was a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics. She nearly lived 100 years from April 1920 - March 2020. See the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record ( https://www.mineralogicalrecord.com/pdfs/Kay%20Robertson%20Collection.pdf ), and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017.