Spinel on matrix

Spinel on matrixA superb small cabinet display specimen featuring a very good sized free standing octahedral crystal of beautiful reddish pink Spinel with very sharp, highly lustrous faces and textbook form flaring out of sold white marble matrix. The Spinel crystal is completely undamaged and it's NOT repaired, which is significant, as the vast majority of Spinels from this locality are glued back on the matrix. The color is beautiful in person, and the crystal

quality and caliber are simply not seen from Bolivia in virtually any capacity

when Huanuni produced some really attractive Vivianite specimens

deep emerald green crystals of Vivianite which are aesthetically sitting on the classic iridescent Pyrite matrix is well known from this mine

This beautiful specimen of Native Copper features a pleasing combination of defined "Spinel"-twins and well-formed crystals intergrown to create a display quality miniature

and no matter how many one encounters

These specimens have been labeled as being Quartz after Baryte pseudomorphs but

but what really sets it apart is that it contains several wispy inclusions with varying orange to pink hues that create eye-catching color combinations when the piece is backlit

The piece is attention-grabbing with its wonderful three-dimensional quality featuring a radial group of golden-black blades of Goethite which is flaring off a Goethite “stem” that originates from a larger radial group of equal quality Goethite blades at the base of the piece

Specimen #WWMIX12107

Specimen # HYALMEX41617

The reverse and underside of the specimen shows the hollow

Finding a fine quality "cogwheel" such as this on matrix from Machacamarca is not common