Stilbite-(Ca) (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

A beautiful specimen of the classic Icelandic Stilbites featuring sharp, well-formed, pearlescent "sword"-shaped crystals of a soft cream color measuring up to 3.2 cm with very minor attached matrix. Excellent quality with virtually no damage on the display side. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #). 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.