Description: Description: And what is in my opinion the King of the whole museum, an outstanding Willemite, about 4 cm tall, gemmy, floater, sharp and an unbelievable size for the locality: Franklin! According to Sharon it is a Kunz piece, although she thinks it was bought after Irenée DuPont bought the original collection in 1919, so she would guess that occurred about 1924-26. Palache talks about a find of crystals from there early on and, in my opinion, this is one of the best Willemites from Franklin existing. Congratulations! Photo: Dr. Sharon Fitzgerald

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