Fluorite with Pyrite (ex Brian Lloyd)

Item Description

A beautiful display specimen of Fluorite with Pyrite from an undisclosed locality in Saxony. This piece hosts several sharp, well-formed, cubic crystals of very dark purple colored Fluorite measuring up to 8 mm which are dotted by small golden metallic Pyrite crystals on a bit of matrix. It's in great shape overall, and probably dates back 100+ years. It would make a very nice addition to any Fluorite suite or a collection of German classics. If anybody out there has some insight as to a more specific locality for this piece, please drop us a line and let us know. The piece comes from Brian Lloyd of London, one of the preeminent European mineral dealers. Among other accomplishments, Brian was responsible for bringing the Sir Robert Ferguson collection to market, along with the Joseph Neeld collection (1789-1856) in 1974 and the historic gold collection of H.S. Gordon. Brian famously purchased the historic dealership formerly known as J.R. Gregory & Company - today known as Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd. The catalogue number on this specimen is 1727.