Natrolite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Phonolite Quarry, Hammerunterwiesenthal, Oberwiesenthal, Niederschlag-Baerenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Small Cabinet, 8.3 x 7.1 x 4.5 cm
Start Time: 01/18/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/25/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Diverging clusters of lustrous, translucent, tan Natrolite prisms cover volcanic Phonolite matrix on this showy, rich and highly representative example from the Phonolite Quarry in Hammerunterwiesenthal, Saxony, Germany. The piece Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#3251). 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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