Descloizite with Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

A very hard to find specimen from Tiger featuring brilliant, sparkling, chocolate brown colored drusy crystals of Descloizite associated with prismatic Quartz crystals on matrix. One rarely sees these specimens in the market these days, and this piece was mined circa World War II. The EARLY entry number in Kay's collection confirms that it was mined at least 75 years ago. If you collect Arizona minerals, or specifically Tiger minerals, don't miss out on this OLD rare classic!! Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#443). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).