Jadeite (rare locality specimen) (unique pedigree)

Item Description

Here we have a hard to find locality specimen of Jadeite from the Clear Creek Deposit in San Benito County. The specimen weighs 520 grams (a little over 1 pound, 2 ounces) and has a unique pedigree, as it originally was found in by Commander Charles N. Howell of the US Marine Corps. Howell was in Camp Pendleton for 2 weeks of summer active duty when he found the piece. It was later given as a gift to George in August of 1966. The piece has been sawn on both faces to reveal the beautiful internal swirling hues of dark grey-green and virtually black Jadeite within. A cool rare locality specimen which one of the biggest examples of this elusive material that we've seen from the locality.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 328 CA.1; 0524 George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/george-loud for more information