Weloganite and Calcite (Whitmore Coll.)

Item Description

Weloganite is an ultra rare, strontium, sodium, zirconium carbonate and this showy and excellent specimen is from the famous Type Locality - the now-closed Francon Quarry in Montreal, Quebec. A large, 2.0 cm, layered, tapered, translucent amber crystals is aesthetically set in the calcite crystal and drusy calcite-lined vug in sculptural matrix. This extremely rare species is known at its best from a very few pockets at this cement quarry, which has incredibly strange chemistry and has produced a number of such rarities IN THE PAST. Not available now, except from advanced recycled collections. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection. Valued $750-1000