Boracite (rare colors)

Boracite (rare colors)Here we have a good quality Boracite specimen from find the 2009 find in Bolivia. While these specimens are not a new find per se, they are newly mined specimens from this well known locality. Most people are familiar with the "blue" Danburites (included by Magnesioriebeckite) from this locality, but the other staple species found here is Boracite. This piece features rare, sharp, well formed, translucent, pinkish orange, soft yellow and white grey

golden peach color crystals of this hard-to-find species on matrix

prismatic crystal with a beautiful termination on Pyrite matrix

considering that the large majority of Ferberites from Tasna have serious damage problems

as mentioned above

I have never seen anything quite like this from any mine in Bolivia

brownish color spherical aggregates (comprised of dozens of triangular bladed crystals) of Childrenite sitting on contrasting

From the collection of Willard W

sparkling Pyrite crystals

This piece was collected in the late 1970s – early 1980s and remained in a private collection for decades

making this a wonderful association specimen with a minimum of seven species present

This specimen is an impressive

Specimen# CO712B89