Brazilianite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Corrego Frio Mine, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Type Locality)
Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 07/06/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/13/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

This is a great small cabinet specimen featuring classic, beautiful, prismatic, yellow green color, gemmy crystals of Brazilianite aesthetically growing on a thick, blocky single crystal of translucent Albite! It's rare to see such a large and defined crystal of feldspar from this locality with such gorgeous Brazilianite crystals adorning it. The largest Brazilianite measures 2.2 cm long. The quality is good on this piece and it displays as you can see and I can't really see any damage with the naked eye. A great overall specimen from the type locality for Brazilianite. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #2252). 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.

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