Bixbyite (ex Geary Murdock Collection)

Item Description

The best of these specimens are the finest examples of the species in the world. This is a classic example of the material featuring a 4 mm sharp, lustrous, jet black colored cubic crystal of Bixbyite sitting on rhyolite matrix. The Bixbyite has a slight contact on the corner, but where it essentially grew up against the rhyolite. From the worldwide collection of noted Idaho collector Geary Murdock who was best known for finding some of the finest crystals of Aquamarine in the Sawtooth Mountains / Batholith of Idaho. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36634006/geary-jack-murdock