Wulfenite ex. John Ydren Coll.

Item Description

This very colorful small cab is a classic style for thismine, from the 1960s era, in all likelihood. John Ydren was active in this time and had a large suite of such specimens, of different habits and styles. This is what I call the "fat caramel" style of Los Lamentos wulfenite, with fat equant crystals of a solid unvarying color in orangey-caramel hue. The display core of the piece is undamaged - just a few crysals on either side have breaks, and those are, I think, quite acceptable when you see the wall of color between them. Sits on a custom made base. I had this at $4000, then lowered it to $2400 when I did well on the collection purchase over the last year, and now throw it to the auctions firmly believing it is worth every cent of $2000 and more. These are NOT so available in such color and richness, every old day.