Lawsonite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Reed Station, Tiburon Uplands Nature Preserve, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin County, California (Type Locality)
Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 01/11/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/18/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A rich specimen of a little-known silicate from the type locality in California intermixed with crystalline schist. The Lawsonite has a silvery-purple hue andh has crystallized within the semi-metalic greenish schist. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#11994). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).

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