Quartz Geode (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Item Description

A cool Quartz lined geode from Illinois. Sharp, sparkling, lustrous crystals with a very faint golden hue in certain lighting from iron inclusions. The piece 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 with a typed label from Wulff on one of his famous 3x5 index cards.