Hübnerite on Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)

Item Description

When it comes to crystallized specimens of Hünberite, Peru is certainly among the leaders in therms of fine quality specimens. This is a wonderful cabinet sized piece from the find around 2008 that produced some of the finest quality Hubnerite crystals ever found. Though the crystals are not the largest ever seen from this locality, they are remarkably sharp, and well-formed with good luster. This piece hosts excellent, thick, bladed crystals of Hubnerite with good crystal form sitting among GEM quality, colorless, thin, prismatic Quartz crystals. The largest Hubnerite measures 2.1 cm. No major damage, though some of the Hubnerite crystals are not fully crystallized and almost look "etched". With strong backlighting, you can get just a bit of blood-red color to come through the edges, but most of the Hübnerites are essentially opaque. Valued at $1,200. From the collection of Robert (Bob) Reynolds who passed in August of 2020. Bob was a well-known fossil and mineral expert and former Curator of Earth Sciences at the San Bernardino County Museum in California. The rare phyllomanganate-chromate species Reynoldsite was named in his honor in 2011.