Magnetite with Vesuvianite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

This is certainly the first piece of Magnetite that we've had to offer from this locality. Several sharp, well-formed, metallic grey colored dodecahedra measuring up to 3 mm are associated with gemmy, sharp, golden-coffee colored prisms of lustrous Vesuvianite on matrix. Very attractive up close. This association is not commonly seen from the Italian Alps, and is certainly worth picking up if you're a fan of this kind of material. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#8551). 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).