Quartz with iron oxide coating (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

A seldom seen Quartz specimen from the Osceola Mine near Silverton. This specimen is filled with sharp, well-formed, prismatic white Quartz crystals which have a bright yellow-orange coating of an unknown iron oxide. The crystals have good luster and are clearly coated as the underside of the piece shows white/colorless Quartz crystals. Minimal damage, and a very attractive Quartz specimen to add to a Colorado collection. From the collection of Gary Weaver (1944-2019), an electrical engineer who worked for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens, focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/