Boracite (rare color)

Boracite (rare color)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 a rare, sharp, well formed, translucent, pinkish orange color crystal of this hard

The piece is in great shape overall

Specimen # BOL711B285

radiating silvery “balls” of Wavellite are aesthetically sitting on attractive white to colorless Quartz crystals

0 cm - aesthetically flaring off sharp

whose label states that the specimen came from Edwin Skidmore originally

well-formed dodecahedral crystals which are associated with a few gemmy prismatic Quartz crystals

jet-black to golden colored

and almost all of them are virtually damage free

One side of the crystal is contacted where it more than likely was removed from the host rock

and certainly out of the ordinary for Copper in general

This specimen hosts several sharp

Good green Garnet specimens are rarely seen in pieces this size