Vesuvianite with Augite (Wein Coll.)

Vedretta di Solda, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Small Cabinet, 6.7 x 6.0 x 5.2 cm
Start Time: 02/05/2009 8:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/12/2009 8:00:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Gemmy and lustrous, brown vesuvianite crystals to 6 mm RICHLY and aesthetically line a very 3-dimensional, vuggy matrix, which are very nicely complimented by contrasting, green augite crystals. The vesuvianite crystals really sparkly in light. This showy and excellent specimen is from the less well-known Italian locality of Vedretta di Solda, in the South Tyrol Mountains. Ex Rolf Wein Collection, a noted Alpine specialist, and collected in 1979.

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