Siderite with Pyrite (replacing Siderite)

Siderite with Pyrite (replacing Siderite)The Siete Suyos mine (Seven Servants mine) is sometimes considered to be part of the Animas mine, and it is often difficult to know where specimens are from because several mines in the area share the same vein system. The good news is that I directly obtained this specimen from the miner who collected it, so I know for certain where it came from. I honestly have never seen any specimens from this locality before, but I was happy to purchase the

A beautiful full-sized thumbnail specimen featuring a fantastic

Paravauxite

somewhat lustrous to satiny

ants (Formicidae) and bark beetles (Scolytinae)

"Alpine-type" octahedra (some are twinned) associated with cream colored Feldspar on matrix

This specimen is one of the best I've seen from the find as it is not only WATER-CLEAR

Specimen # AMAZWH111906

but crystals ON Zinkenite only existed in about 5% of the pieces found

and the faces on the Magnetite crystals are rather smooth and shiny with good isolation between the crystals

especially since it’s not a micro specimen and it’s very eye-catching

and I've been actively buying and selling minerals from this country since 1998

that is comparably better than most I have seen from Siglo XX