Wavellite (classic material) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a wonderful, attractive cabinet specimen of these beautiful Wavellites from the locality owned by Henry de Linde. Wavellite is known from many world localities, but the finest and most colorful specimens in the world are found in Arkansas. This piece features fine quality, gorgeous rich blue-green colored "balls" of Wavellite measuring up to 6 mm across sitting on matrix. My favorite aspect of the piece is that the vast majority of the spheres are complete and not contacted, which is fairly uncommon for this material. You'll see a lot of incomplete and just plain broken spheres of Wavellite from the various localities in Arkansas, so when you find a piece like this with undamaged "balls", it means something. Additionally the Wavellites are actually GEMMY(!), which is in part due to the smaller size, but most of the Wavellites you'll see from Arkansas are opaque, so the fact that you have complete spheres with good internal gemminess make this piece a must have for any fan of Wavellite, general phosphates or minerals from Arkansas. Priced at $850 in the inventory. From the collection of Henry de Linde (March 21, 1923 – April 4, 2019) of Hot Spring, Arkansas. Henry was one of the most prominent figures in the history of Arkansas mining and mineral collecting. Along with being a miner, mineral collector and an amateur mineralogist, de Linde was one of the founders of the Coon Creek Association mineral club. He was the owner of several key localities in Arkansas including the Diamond Jo Quarry (on the south rim of Magnet Cove), the type locality for Delindeite, which was named in his honor in 1987.