Orthoclase with Smoky Quartz and Epidote (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a rarely seen combination from an unknown Riverside County locale. The sharp and sharply terminated, pinkish-beige colored Orthoclase crystal hosts a few richly colored Smoky Quartz crystals, while the back of the piece features a micro coverage of olive-green Epidote. Attractive and unusual, and a must-have piece for any fan of California minerals. From the collection of Robert (Bob) Reynolds who passed in August of 2020. Bob was a well-known fossil and mineral expert and former Curator of Earth Sciences at the San Bernardino County Museum in California. The rare phyllomanganate-chromate species Reynoldsite was named in his honor in 2011.