Kyanite on Quartz (ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection)

Item Description

A fine quality, lovely blue color, thin, prismatic Kyanite crystal aesthetically sitting on a shard of Quartz from the famous Barra de Salinas District in Brazil. The beautiful color of the Kyanite crystal, along with the relative gemminess and good luster makes the piece a worthwhile, full-sized miniature display specimen. Some of the finest quality crystals of Kyanite in the world (especially matrix specimens) are those from Barra de Salinas. From the collection of William ("Bill") (1927-2006) and Anne (1928-2021) Cook of Cleveland, Ohio. This husband and wife duo were actively involved in the mineral world for many decades. Bill was a PhD geologist, and Anne was a mathematician, and they both were very serious mineral collectors. Bill served for many years as adjunct curator of mineralogy at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Anne was inducted into the Micromounters' Hall of Fame on October 12, 2019. Both Bill and Anne, at various times, served as president both of the Mineralogical Society of Cleveland and of the Micromineral Society of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Anne was inducted into the mi The rare barium lithium beryllium phosphate Wilancookite was named in their honor in 2015.