Strontianite (good quality) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

From what is arguably the premier Strontianite locality in the world, here we have a brilliant matrix display specimen. It features gorgeous, sharp, well-formed, prismatic, pale golden orthorhombic Strontianite crystals measuring up to 1.0 cm on matrix. The piece is very aesthetic and showy with virtually no damage to the Strontianite crystals. They are also rather lustrous, and somewhat gemmy, and they don't have that irritating brown coating that so many from this locality can have (which is nearly impossible to remove without destroying the underlying Strontianite). Valued highly for the quality, overall displayability and size. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #1529) with a label from Dr. F. Krantz of Bonn, Germany. Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.