Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)

Item Description

A classic piece of the world famous "Rock Crystal" Quartz from Arkansas (I don't know for sure if this one if from Montgomery County, Garland County or Hot Spring County), but it's a great example of what the state has to offer in terms of quality. The best Arkansas Quartz crystals simply put are some of the finest representations of the species extant. This piece is a single, sharp, lustrous, very well-formed, colorless, GEM quality hexagonal prism with only a minor amount of edge wear. This specimen comes from the collection of Willard W. Wulff (1904-1998) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a prominent figure and collector of Colorado minerals. Wulff was one of the founding members of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society in 1936. You can read Willard's bio on the Mineralogical Record website here ( http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=1528 ). The piece comes with a typed label from Wulff on one of his famous 3x5 index cards that states it was purchased from Gates Rock Shop in Alma, Arkansas. A wonderfully historic and eye-catching specimen of this well known old time material that dates back approximately 50 years.