Wollastonite (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

A hard to find specimen of Wollastonite from Lewis County, New York. No specific locality was given on the labels accompanying the piece, and although it could be from the Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry, it's difficult to say for certain. The piece hosts dozens of densely intergrown, silvery colored, chatoyant, shimmering, "needle"-like crystals of Wollastonite measuring up to approximately 3.7 cm long covering the display side of this small cabinet sized specimen. Very attractive in person, and good quality for the locality and the species. From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016) with labels from Ted C. Johnson and Ecole Superieure Des Mines. David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.