Fluor-uvite - Uvite Series (Tourmaline) (big crystal!) (ex Tom Campbell Collection)

Item Description

For many years, we labeled all these specimens as Uvite Tourmaline, but it's important to note that these crystals are now defined as being part of the Fluor-uvite - Uvite series, and unfortunately they cannot be distinguished visually. With that said, it appears that most pieces that were labeled previous as Uvite are likely to be Fluor-uvite, but we are labeling these specimens going forward as Fluor-uvite - Uvite series. This is one of the largest individual crystals of this material that we've ever had to offer from this locality. This toenail sized piece is a stout, razor-sharp, highly lustrous, trigonal crystals of a dark red color. When strongly backlit, you can see the crystal has good internal gemminess. A very impressive example of these world-class "Uvite" crystals. From the worldwide collection of Tom Campbell. Tom is a mineralogist and mineral collect who works with us here at The Arkenstone. He has over 35 years of experience in the fields of exploration geology, mining, and applied mineralogy, and has even more years under his belt as a collector! Tom has described many new species over the years, and discovered the rare phosphates Tiptopite, Fransoletite and Pahasapaite. Tom was also a co-author on the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Minerals. You can see a list of Tom's published works here ( https://www.irocks.com/thomas-j-campbell-publications-list ). Priced in the inventory at $1,500.