Grossular (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

A very attractive display specimen of the well known, but hard to find Grossulars from Vesper Peak! The piece features sharp, gemmy, deep cinnamon-orange color dodecahedra with lustrous faces on matrix. The color, quality and overall appearance are very good for the material, and the piece is in excellent condition overall. The largest crystal measures 8 mm, which is good sized for Grossular from this area. Valued at $1,500. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #). Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.