Amethyst with Hematite inclusions (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Start Time: 07/06/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/13/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Thunder Bay Amethysts are among the most attractive Quartz specimens from North America. The contrast of the beautiful purple Amethyst with the Hematite makes for some really eye-catching display pieces. This is a cluster of sharp, lustrous, gemmy RICH purple Amethyst crystals with beautiful brick red spots from inclusions / coatings of Hematite. Good shape and no damage in the center, but it's contacted around the the periphery where it detached from the pocket wall. The largest crystal measures 2.3 cm. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #137). 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.

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