Quartz with ''Chlorite'' inclusions

Item Description

A lovely Alpine specimen from the Ossola Valley in the Piedmont of Italy featuring a predominant, glassy, prismatic colorless Quartz crystal measuring 3.8 cm, which feature pseudo-metallic inclusions of silvery "Chlorite" along with a few additional Quartz crystals which have orange-brown iron oxide inclusions, for an added touch of color. There is a small indentation on the termination of the main Quartz crystal, but it's not broken, it's just an interrupted growth from the "Chlorite" inclusions, and I looked at it closely with a loupe for confirmation. It's difficult to illustrate the quality and scope of the piece even in a video, but it's attractive in person, and certainly worth adding to any Quartz suite, a collection of Alpine minerals or a suite of "inclusion" specimens.
From the collection of William ("Bill") (1927-2006) and Anne (1928-2021) Cook of Cleveland, Ohio (#9083). This husband and wife duo were actively involved in the mineral world for many decades. Bill was a PhD geologist, and Anne was a mathematician, and they both were very serious mineral collectors. Bill served for many years as adjunct curator of mineralogy at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Anne was inducted into the Micromounters' Hall of Fame on October 12, 2019. Both Bill and Anne, at various times, served as president both of the Mineralogical Society of Cleveland and of the Micromineral Society of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The rare barium lithium beryllium phosphate Wilancookite was named in their honor in 2015.