Artinite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

This near cabinet sized display specimen features beautiful radiating "sprays" of white Artinite on matrix from the Clear Creek area of San Benito County. Artinite is a rather rare and lesser-known carbonate mineral (though it LOOKS a lot like some well-known Zeolite minerals) that rarely forms isolated balls of radiating, fibrous crystals. Fine quality and hard to find in pieces this size on the market. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #287). 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.