This is an incredible, doubly-terminated Baryte crystal smartly perched on hematite-coated dolomite crystals. The large Baryte is 11.5 cm in length, lustrous and translucent, and has a rich golden-amber color. A smaller, doubly-terminated Baryte crystal adds accent and dimension. The number of large Baryte specimens, particularly of this caliber, that have survived since being mined over 100 years ago must be vanishingly small. This is an exceptional and dramatic piece that even appeals to modern, more picky standards of aesthetics. Ex S.Henson collection and label (he was a late 1800s dealer), from London. It sold from Henson into the Gordon collection, now at the University of Aberdeen. Interestingly the Harry Gordon collection is actually the collection of the Reverend John Gordon (1849-1922) who bequeathed it to the Aberdeen Museum in honor of and under his grandfathers name. Nearly 80 years later, it was exchanged out and soon ended up in the noted Ralph Sutcliffe collection, which sold to Greenbank in 1991. A world class old English Baryte from the heyday of these mines, with excellent pedigree! More importantly, a world class Baryte, period! Illustrated in "Classic Minerals of Northern England," page 116, as a full-page photo. Joe Budd photo, atop here