“Druse of complex Calcite crystals with dominant scalenohedron faces, transparent, shiny, and with reddish inclusions of Hematite. A great English classic, really old and with an unusual pedigree, with two labels that detail much of its history.
It came from the collection of Francis Butler, who in 1890 sold it to the British Museum in London, which gave it the collection number BM65723, after which it passed on to the Leif Engman collection.
Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom.
Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.11” × 2.44” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”
Reference: MD16AL6”
Jordi Fabre - 27th February 2022