Lepidolite (Trimingham Coll.) - rare crystal habit

Item Description

Scintillating, pretty light lavender terminations crown the jackstraw multitude of intergrown, parallel-growth banded bundles of pink to brown columnar lepidolite crystals on pegmatite matrix on this impressive large specimen from this renowned locale. This fine piece has many fine display views. Choice older material from the Bob Trimingham Collection and formerly in the Paul Patchik Collection, according to Bob's label. Patchik was a major collector in San Francisco, and competed and educated with his cases. This is a gorgeous specimen of highly unusual style. valued $1000-1250