Fluorapatite with Magnetite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)

Item Description

A cool association specimen of Fluorapatite and Magnetite crystals from the Iron Springs District in Utah (though the piece was erroneously labeled as coming from Cedar City). This small cabinet sized specimen features excellent, sharp, lustrous, dark grey-black colored octahedral Magnetite crystals with prismatic hexagonal Fluorapatite crystals that transition from a creamy beige color at the base into a light greenish-yellow hue on the termination of the largest crystal. The piece is not completely undamaged as the periphery is contacted, but it's an odd piece that you really wouldn't expect to find from a locality in Utah. Most people are familiar with Magnetite as a species, but superb crystals are incredibly hard to find and sought after, and the Magnetite crystals on this piece are well-formed and fairly sharp. Additionally, the label states that the piece features an "Epidote pseudomorph", but I can't determine if this is supposed to be a pseudomorph AFTER Epidote, or if Epidote is replacing another species, and I can't find exactly where on the specimen it should be either. From the collection of Gary Weaver of Prescott, Arizona (1944-2019). Gary was an electrical engineer who worked for many years for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/