Pyromorphite (RARE - old) (Robertson Coll.)

Item Description

RARE and rich green pyromorphite from this ancient district from where lead mining has been documented since 1314 (MINDAT)! The last mines closed in 1880. Lustrous oil-green prisms cover all sides of this solid old-time pyromorphite specimen. The striking blocky parallel-growth stepped crystal is 1.7 cm long and elongated crystals on another side reach a subtstantial 2.2 cm. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 8677 and acquired from French dealer Gilbert Gauthier at Tucson in 1979. 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). A very rare old green pyromorphite with excellent crystallization from this locale with an old label attached.