Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Item Description

A classic piece of the so-called "solution Quartz" from this quarry, which is supposed to be the best of its type. Solution growth of Quartz here produced specimens of a unique brightness and surface luster, long prized. I think the moniker has to do with the fact the crystals tend to be intergrown with many others in jackstraw groups which are not attached to matrix. The unlikely-looking floater status of these delicate groups thus reflects the fact they were in solution rather than deposited onto rock. This specimen is a particularly lovely cluster of solution Quartz with very sharp, lustrous faces and excellent water-clear clarity. Complete all around. Classic US material, hard to find. This specimen comes from the collection of Willard W. Wulff (1904-1998) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a prominent figure and collector of Colorado minerals. Wulff was one of the founding members of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society in 1936. You can read Willard's bio on the Mineralogical Record website here ( http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=1528 ). The piece comes mounted in a "Perky" box from Wulff. A wonderfully historic and eye-catching specimen of this well known old time material.