Bornite (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

Dzhezkazgan mines are famous for sharp world-class Bornite specimens, which by any standard are considered to be the finest found in modern times. This is an excellent miniature display piece featuring a pair of fine sharp, isolated, iridescent Bornite crystals associated with a few crystals of Calcite sitting on drusy Quartz on matrix. The largest Bornite crystal measures 6 mm across. These specimens came out for a brief time in the early 1990s, and are now quite rare on the market. 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. The piece is accompanied by a label stating it was part of the Bill Shelton Collection at one point.