Stibnite (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

This locality in northern Romania actually dates back to the time of the Romans, and is one of the more significant European localities for Stibnite This piece is a very showy classic Romanian Stibnite specimen featuring beautiful metallic crystals of silvery-grey color forming a lovely "spray". The largest Stibnite measurs 13.1 cm long. Nearly every crystal is undamaged, and some of the larger crystals show broad "sword"-shaped habit with notable striations along the prism. A nice large miniature / small cabinet size matrix display specimen of this prized material. From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016). David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.