Gillespite and Sanbornite ex Ordway Coll.

Item Description

A colorful and aesthetic thumbnail of a plate of lustrous and translucent, rich strawberry-colored gillespite perched on beautifully color contrasting white sugary sanbornite. Gillespite is a rare barium, iron silicate and sanbornite is a rare barium silicate. This is a very rich, colorful, excellent piece of the material. Interestingly, it was a gift to Al from well-known San Diego collector and heiress, Josephine Scripps, in 1980. She herself was an active field collector and often went to Mexico in search of finding her own minerals, so it is likely she self-collected this. Ex. Al Ordway Collection.