This important specimen graces the cover of the MATRIX issue devoted to recounting the history of famous mineral dealer Bryce Wright, one of the most noted suppliers of the British Museum and of private collectors of the early to mid 1800s. It is also featured in a fullpage photograph in MINERALS OF THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT: CALDBECK FELLS, page 74: "One of the finest known...collected circa 1840-1850" . It is notable not only for the size, but for the quality, lustre, and rich color of the crystals -- QUALITY AND QUANTITY, here! The piece is nearly pristine, and it is complete all around all edges and periphery. It is even complete, though concave, on the backside. I am told by everybody who has seen it , from the curator at the BMNH and multiple mineral dealers well acquianted with the collections in England, that this is certainly the finest known surviving pyromorphite form this important locality. To me, this was always the most historically romantic piece in Ed's collection. As well, there are many minerals you can buy in the low six figure range that, for all the price, simply are not so impactful and important in the scheme of history (even 100k sitll doesn't buy you the BEST tourmalines or golds, after all); an dyet here you get a specimen i truly feel is priceless in that it is both significant and likely unrepeatable in history for a specimen from this part of the world. I am proud to say that it will next reside in the collection of my friend and Dallas collector, Wally Mann. Someday, to be frank, I hope to own it again and I intend to keep it as a momento. 14 x 7.5 x 6 cm
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