Galena on Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

It should be noted that this specimen came labeled as Freiberg, but it also says "probably" after it, so please keep that in mind when bidding. A very sharp and lustrous, steel-grey cuboctahedron on Galena measuring 1.7 cm sits atop a layer of gemmy soft blue, lustrous cubic Fluorite crystals with minor Calcite on matrix. A classic old association specimen from this incredibly famous German locality. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#4633). 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 Velt" November-December 2017). Valued at $950.