Muscovite (ex Bill Larson Collection)

Item Description

A beautiful group of bladed Muscovite crystals on with associated Albite from the Mack Mine. Several sharp, well-formed, lustrous, hexagonal, silvery-beige colored groups of Muscovite can be seen all over the piece. The largest Muscovite group measures 2.7 cm across. From the collection of Bill Larson of Fallbrook, California and formerly from the collection of Ken Rippere. Bill is a well-known gem and mineral dealer as well as a miner and collector. Bill is synonymous with minerals of San Diego County, and owned and operated famous mines such as the Stewart Lithia, the Tourmaline Queen, the Pala Chief and the Himalaya, producing some of the most iconic mineral specimens to come out of the area during the 1970s-1980s. You can read his biography at https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/larsonwilliam-f/