Boracite

BoraciteHere 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 several rare, sharp, well formed, translucent, blue color cubic crystals of this

lustrous Brookite crystals with squared-off terminations sitting beautifully on Quartz matrix

with only spot near the top of the piece where it was contacted upon extraction from the pocket

This piece would make a great addition to any Colorado mineral suite

A remarkably GEM quality / WATER CLEAR specimen of this fantastic Colombian Copal featuring approximately 100 insect inclusions

It is so unbelievably rare to find matrix specimens of Vauxite

and almost all of them are virtually damage free

Specimen # AMAZWH111912

2 cm Calcite scalenohedron

and it is indeed a single crystal

This specimen has the look of classic pegmatitic Cassiterites

snow-white blades of Baryte forming a beautiful “flower”-shaped group on minor matrix

blue grey color crystals of this hard-to-find species on matrix