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Description |
Large, attractive Skutterudite specimens from here are rarely seen in this size. This is a 3-dimensional mound of solid crystals, complete all around except for a small contact on one side. The crystals are highly lustrous, sharp, and show off the style this locality is famous for. Like many such large crystals from here, there is some typical surface crackling present (somehow common to the species at this locality when they get to this size), at the crystal-crystal contacts. Formerly in the Marc Weill collection, this is a very fine cabinet sized specimen of unusual attractiveness for this too-often clunky material, rare in such good aesthetic form. It stands on its own merits, but as a bonus also is illustrated in the Mineralogical Record book on the Weill collection. Mass is over 2 kilograms. This can be judged to be a fairly significant example of the species, way beyond the normal quality. Ex. Marc Weill. |
