Datolite (var: Botryolite) with Axinite-(Mn) (ex Pat Gross and Rich Kosnar Collections)

Item Description

This specimens came originally from the noted collection of New Jersey collector, Frances Patricia "Pat" Gross. The pieces is identified as being "Botryolite", which is a botryoidal variety of Datolite. The specimen hosts a few micro whitish "balls" of "Botryolite" which are sitting on small, bright yellow, bladed crystals of Axinite-(Mn). This is one of the only pieces of this material that I have handled, and would certainly make a great addition to any micro collection, or a suite of minerals from Franklin. The piece is accompanied by a hand-written label on Pat Gross's plastic micro mounting box. The specimen came to Rich Kosnar in the early 1990s as Pat Gross was his mentor, and he acquired her collection shortly before her death.