Sylvite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Item Description

Sylvite is an uncommon evaporative mineral - part of the Halite group - and some of the best known examples are those from Carlsbad Potash District in Eddy County, New Mexico. 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 comes with a typed label from Wulff on one of his famous 3x5 index cards. A great representative specimen with rich reddish hues and colorless zones with some distinct crystals here and there.