Erythrite with Quartz (ex Francesco Bedogne Collectio)

Item Description

A rarely seen association specimen from Bou Azzer featuring eletric fuchsia colored crystals of Erythrite with prismatic, euhedral, slightly grey colored crystals of Quartz. The Erythrite crystals measure up to 7 mm, and are fine quality with brilliant luster and that classic electric color. The Quartz association is very rare in my experience with this material. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #2299). 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