Pyromorphite (old classic) Kay Robertson Coll.

Item Description

Old-time pyromorphite from the famous mines of Cornwall. Scintillating, sharp, tiny gem yellow, hexagonal crystals, to 4mm, are richly scattered on the hummocky quartz-rich gossan matrix. Probably from Wheal Alfred, this specimen almost certainly dates to the mid-to-late 1800s, when this mine was famous for some of the most beautiful pyromorphite in the world. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 8971 and acquired from well-known California micromounter Milton Speckles at Tucson in 1980. He had purchased the specimen from Burminco in 1957. Read Milton's biography at: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=1195. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record). Classic old-time Cornwall pyromorphite.