Hydroxylherderite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

Green Hydroxylherderite only came out in a few pockets and is one of the rarest of Pakistan pegmatite species in specimen form. This wonderful and showy piece is highlighted by a translucent, well-formed, sharp, 1.3 cm, mint-green crystal perched atop a blocky white crystal of Microcline with minor Albite, Muscovite and Quartz. A few smaller Hydroxylherderite crystals can be seen on the side of the piece. Good quality and now RARE on the market since so few are available. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #2017). 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.