Quartz (ex Henry de Linde Collection)

Item Description

Quartz is found in countless thousands of localities around the world. With that said, Arkansas has the honor of producing some of the finest known crystals of Quartz ever found. The various localities in Garland County, Montgomery County, Hot Spring County and Pulaski County have been the sources of an abundance of outstanding Quartz crystals, renowned for the superior quality and often size. This piece is from the famous old Collier Creek Mine which dates back to 1865. Several superb quality, WATER CLEAR, razor sharp, textbook hexagonal prisms of colorless Quartz measuring up to 3.3 cm associated with a small amount of white rhombs of an unknown carbonate (Ankerite, Dolomite or Siderite). You can seen some tiny secondary Quartz crystal overgrowths near the center of the specimen. From the collection of Henry de Linde (March 21, 1923 – April 4, 2019) of Hot Spring, Arkansas. Henry was one of the most prominent figures in the history of Arkansas mining and mineral collecting. Along with being a miner, mineral collector and an amateur mineralogist, de Linde was one of the founders of the Coon Creek Association mineral club. He was the owner of several key localities in Arkansas including the Diamond Jo Quarry (on the south rim of Magnet Cove), the type locality for Delindeite, which was named in his honor in 1987.