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Witherite With Alstonite

$6,000.00

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This large display specimen showcases a superb, 5.5 cm-long lustrous and translucent, milky-white crystal of witherite perched atop. The termination does exhibit very minor bruising but this looks to me old wear, only, and is hard to see. Along with the specimen comes an old late-1800s century label from the dealership of Boubee, Paris. These English witherites are significant for the species, and such large and isolated crystals are uncommon. As a bonus, this specimen is richly associated with the rare species alstonite, from this co-type locality. This was formerly exchanged out to the (well-noted) Eric Asselborn collection, much of which I also purchased a few years ago.

Product details

SpeciesWitherite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.3 x 7.0 x 6.1 cm
Listed on10/23/2024
LocalityUK, England, Fallowfield Mine
SKULGC-56
Current owner
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Witherite
Mineral guide
Learn about Witherite
distinctive pseudo-hexagonal twin crystals, white-cream color, UV fluorescence, scarce, prized specimens from Settlingstones, Alston Moor.
Witherite
Regional guide
Witherite from Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, England
Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, England, a locality for witherite, known for doubly terminated, cyclic-twinned crystals on pale drusy matrix, often with alstonite.
Locality guide
Fallowfield Mine
Fallowfield Mine, UK — Northern Pennine locality famed for witherite and alstonite, white-to-grey translucent crystals; historic type locality for Ba carbonate…