"Star" Muscovite (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

A really attractive and distinctive specimen of the beautiful "Star" Muscovite from the Jenipapo Mine in Brazil. This material has lovely golden-yellow color, with above average translucency and incredibly well-formed, star shaped crystals of Muscovite on matrix. These are some of the most distinctive Mica in the world from the standpoint of crystal form. Now this piece does have some damage in areas, so it's not 100% pristine, but it's still showy and there are few places in the world that produce this rare habit of Muscovite. For reference, the largest "star" measures 4.7 cm across. From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016). David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.