Copper ("Spinel"-twin and "hoppered" crystals)A wonderfully three dimensional and showy display quality specimen of Native Copper from the 2019 discovery. The piece has an excellent mixture of large, defined dodecahedral and octahedral crystals which show elegant skeletal or "hoppered" negative faces with a narrow elongated "Spinel" twin on the lower portion of the specimen. The piece resembles a flower in bloom as the "petals" of the Copper are slowly opening from the center. No damage anywhere,

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

along with the neighboring Groundhog Mine that produced the finest Wire Gold specimens in the world extant

the likes of which I've never seen from Bolivia

It almost feels like it could be alive if you look at it just right

A robust and stout Scapolite (Marialite) crystal from this famous locality in Tanzania

or a collector of fine quality sulfides/sulfosalt display specimens

In the early 1980's

aesthetics and displayability are secondary only to the superb quality of the Barite crystals themselves

predominant

but character as well

On the micro level

1 cm long and are completely undamaged