Barite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)

Item Description

A beautiful group of fine quality, sharp, lustrous, bladed, rich golden colored Barite crystals from Sardinia. If you flip the piece over, you'll see there is a previous generation of opaque white Barite underneath. Most of the crystals are undamaged, but there is some roughness around the periphery where the piece was removed from the pocket wall. The largest individual Barite measures 2.4 cm. For the size, quality and sheer visual beauty, this is a wonderful example of these classic and now seldom seen specimens. Priced in our inventory at $1,400 retail. Ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection. Along with amassing one of the finest private mineral collections in the world, Steve is a renowned mathematician. His accomplishments include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 along with being the awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 2007. You can read Steve's bio on the Mineralogical Record website ( https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/smalestephen/ ) or on Wikipedia.