Collinsite

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This specimen features a 2 cm radial pinwheel of collinsite tucked safely against contrasting matrix, which helps to bring out a pale greenish color to it as well. This remarkable collinsite specimen was one of the best for its size from Rod Tyson's stock many years ago when it was sold to Ian Nicklin, in whose collection it has resided until recently. This important Canadian collection was brought to the show and sold this year (I have another 4 dozen mixed specimens to appear later, so stay tuned!). Coincidentally, Rod was marketing simultaneously small specimens (most were thumbnails) of similar collinsite from a RECENT find of the stuff, and I think that contributed to pricing this one lower by a factor of two than it might have been a year ago. So, there IS more out, but not in larger specimens of this caliber. (I will post the smaller pieces from the recent find, shortly) 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm