Apatite, Fluorite - Schlaggenwald, Czech Republic
Ex Collection Émile Deyrolle (1838-1917)
 
Rare, large, intensely colored and well-crystallized violet apatites from the Schlaggen Forest in the Czech Republic.
Rare classic with old label from Paris. 
Émile Deyrolle (1838-1917) was a French naturalist and natural history dealer based in Paris. The shop was originally owned by his grandfather, the naturalist Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle, who opened his shop at 23 rue de la Monnaie in 1831. Émile's father, Achille Deyrolle, ran the business for many years. Émile took it over in 1866. The address in 1881 (and today) was (and is) 46, rue du Bac, the former home of Jacques Samuel Bernhart. Deyrolle specialized in natural history publications and preparations, minerals, rocks, fossils, botanical preparations, shells, preparations, microscopic preparations and microscopes.