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Rosasite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimu, Mun. de Mapimu, Durango, Mexico
- Thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
- Start Time: 09/15/2016 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/22/2016 7:04:30 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A lovely old time Rosasite specimen from the famous Ojuela Mine. The piece is hosts beautiful velvety blue-green radiating aggregates of Rosasite sitting on gossan matrix. 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 ).