Native Antimony w/ Stibarsen (RARE CA!) Bedogne Coll.

Item Description

RARE California solid native antimony with stibarsen (allemontite) from a very obscure Riverside County locality. The sculptural and very rare combination piece is nearly solid metallic gray antimony. Some faces are dramatically highlighted with lustrous partially rounded and scalloped (typical), metallic gray stibarsen. Ex Francesco Bedogne Colllection # 1030. Dr. Bedogne, 1942-2012, was a well-known Italian mineralogist, prolific author, field collector and collector. Read his biography in the Mineralogical Record Biographical Archive: http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=118. Rare, perhaps UNIQUE California native antimony and stibarsen! Rich ore at 211 grams mass. A MUST for the species or California collector.