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

It certainly could be classified as a “cogwheel” piece

and it was a part of my private collection for years

it IS the only locality that I know of where Rhodochrosite occurs with STILBITE

The Leadville mining district was the most productive silver-mining region in Colorado

monoclinic crystals which are sitting atop very sharp

Specimen # BOL711B141

It is the finest Diopside that I've personally owned from any locality in Myanmar for the simple fact that it is notably sharp and well-formed and incredibly GEMMY

The various ore bodies in southern Bulgaria have produced a lot of memorable sulfide and carbonate specimens

It has an attractive "stacked" or layered growth with that "wet" luster I mentioned earlier and pure jet-black opacity

A wonderful single crystal of Bournonite showing BRIGHT metallic luster

lustrous Quartz crystals on a thin layer of matrix

It’s an aesthetic specimen with the Ludlamite “ball” smartly propped up at the top of the piece