Heulandite (rare locality specimen) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

A rarely seen Heulandite specimen from the Faroe Islands featuring fine, sharp, lustrous, translucent, pearly white crystal groups on basalt matrix on this showy old-time specimen from a classic and important zeolite locale. The largest Heulandite crystal group measures 1.3 cm, and they are fine quality with brilliant luster. One rarely sees such showy cabinet sized display specimens of this material on the market, and if you collect Zeolites, don't miss out on this very attractive piece from this remote locale. Valued at $850. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #1296). 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. The piece comes with an old label from Deyrolle in Paris, and from Italian collector A. Citran.