Ferberite w/ Quartz (Bob Reynolds Coll.)

Item Description

A classic and sculptural large ferberite and quartz combination from famed Panasqueira. Parallel-growth books of terminated, highly lustrous, striated, tabular, jet-black ferberite crystals are dramatically accented by two terminated quartz crystals with satin lustre faces. The large ferberite is 7.8 cm tall and the impressive large quartz in the back is 10.8 cm tall. The ferberite crystals are all pristine and the quartz crystals have only acceptable, barely noticable, basal periphery wear on this outstanding and aesthetic large combination from Panasqueira. The piece has multiple fine display views and is large for the location and very impactful. See the fine 2014 Mineralogical Record article in Vol. 45, No. 1. Ex Bob Reynolds Collection, a well-known fossil and mineral expert and former Curator of the San Bernardino County Museum. He passed away in 2020. Choice and classic large ferberite and quartz from the locale. from its heyday in the late 1960s and 1970s, valued $2500 -3500