Wardite on Tourmaline (rare association) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

Wardite is an uncommon phosphate in pegmatites, but it is very rarely associated with Tourmaline. This piece is one of only a few specimens that I've seen with Wardite and Tourmaline together. Sharp, well-formed, off-white colored crystals of Wardite measuring up to 2 mm are sitting on / with rich blue-green colored prismatic Tourmaline off matrix. If you collect thumbnails, unusual associations or pegmatite minerals, don't miss out on this attractive and rarely seen specimen. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#12803). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).