Fluorapatite on Epidote (classic material) (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Start Time: 05/24/2018 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/05/2018 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

From the world-famous Knappenwand, which has produced the most iconic Epidote crystals in the world, here we have the highly desirable combination of Fluorapatite on Epidote. A sharp, lustrous, gemmy, colorless, tabular, hexagonal crystal of Fluorapatite measuring 1.0 cm sits on prismatic, rich olive oil green colored Epidote crystals. The Apatite is in superb condition. A great thumbnail from this historic, famous locality in the Austrian Alps. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #254) with a label from W. Maucher of Munich. 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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