Stibnite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)

Item Description

What a wonderful display specimen hosting fairly thick and highly lustrous metallic silvery Stibnite crystals in an aesthetic "spray". Only a little bit of damage, but still very showy and eye-catching. It's not easy to find such beautiful crystals of Stibnite like this, and the best of these specimens count among the world's finest Stibnites ever found. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #1685). 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.