Brookite

BrookiteA solitary, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, "sword" of Brookite measuring 1. 0 cm sits atop the underlying matrix to create a showy miniature specimen of this now classic material from Pakistan. The crystal itself has a bit of roughness along the prism, but it's still good quality with a beautiful orange color and contrasting black "phantoms" when backlit. A few smaller accessory Brookites and a handful of transparent colorless Quartz crystals really round

A VERY rarely seen Ferberite twin on matrix from Tasna

The species was named after Basilius Valentinus

The good luster combined with the translucence of the “balls” makes for an attractive little piece

The reverse side of the specimen shows that the Pyrite is not only growing inside the Quartz crystals but is actually coating them in places as well

Rarely do you see specimens this size with such great crystallization as this one

they are the best golden Barytes from Colorado

do not pass up this unique and hard-to-find display specimen

cream-colored Stilbite

produced over 5 million Troy ounces of Gold and Silver combined in nearly a century

This species belongs to the only group of minerals that forms in naturally "round" or "cylindrical" shaped crystals

especially on such attractive matrix

GEM quality