Mimetite (var: Campylite) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

A classic specimen of the famous "Campylite" from the Dry Gill Mine in England. This variety of Mimetite is most commonly associated with this locality, and its distinctive rusty orange color and somewhat spherical barrel-shaped crystals are some of the most well known of all English minerals. The piece features many lustrous, rich brownish-orange semi spherical aggregates of Campylite on a matrix of Quartz with minor black Psilonmelane. The largest Campylite group measures 5 mm across. A nice small cabinet specimen of this well-known historic material. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #249) with a label from A. Citran. Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.