Salida, CO Elks Lodge Collection The Elks Club in Salida, Colorado housed a display of several diverse mineral suites from Leadville, Bisbee, the Tri-State district and others, many with historic labels affixed to the specimens. The club decided to dispose of the collection, and we bought it this spring (2014).

Another one-off specimen in the collection is this fine miniature pyrite on magnetite from French Creek. How a Pennsylvania specimen got in the collection is beyond me, but I’m glad it’s a nice one. These bright pyrite cubes with curved edges on bright magnetite octahedral are classic French Creek.