Vanadinite (rare old locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

Mineral specimens from the Keban Mine of Turkey are rare and are very rarely available on the market. This fine old-time piece features sharp, lustrous, hexagonal, golden-brown Vanadinite crystals measuring up to 7 mm aesthetically and richly covering the underlying on matrix. Excellent condition and very little damage. This piece probably dates to the 1930s mining period. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#312). 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).