Pentagonite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

These Pentagonite specimens are truly one of the most exciting finds from the Deccan Trappe in India. Undoubtedly the very finest Pentagonite specimens in the world occur at this locality. This piece features attractive, good sized beautiful, sharp, intense neon blue aggregates of Pentagonite aesthetically perched atop matrix. A showy and good quality specimen of this extremely rare (and underappreciated) material. These specimens represent the best of the species, and eventually will no longer be found. The largest individual crystal of Pentagonite measures 1.0 cm. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #1922). Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.