Smoky Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Item Description

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 was personally collected by Wulff in the 1960s This great old display piece of features a sharp, very well-formed, lustrous prismatic crystal of richly colored Smoky Quartz. The piece is essentially a "floater" as it's crystallized "rehealed" on the bottom where it detached from the pocket wall. It's a good quality significant old time specimen dating back probably around 50-55 years. An attractive display specimen from this noteworthy collection.