Manganite with Sturmanite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

Beautifully well-crystallized, very sharp, highly lustrous, jet-black colored crystals of Manganite are associated with medium golden-brown colored crystals of hexagonal Sturmanite measuring up to 5 mm from the famous N'Chwaning Mines of South Africa. This piece is in great shape overall, and if you look closely as the Manganite crystals, they are as sharp and well-formed as any I've seen for the size. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #697). Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.