VivianiteThis specimen was collected in 2000, when Huanuni had a short, but prosperous boom of specimens. I personally obtained this piece at the mine on one of my first trips to Bolivia. I kept it as a memento of those early years visiting Bolivia, but its time for it to find a new home. The piece features a very sharp, GEM quality, rather lustrous, rich emerald green, sword shaped crystal with a beautiful termination on Pyrite matrix. The accompanying

it is remarkably difficult to obtain such well crystallized

the accompanying Quartz crystals are nearly equal sized to the Brookites and just as evenly spread out

The crystals are sitting on a thin layer of tan Siderite for an added touch

one large true bug (Heteroptera) and two bark beetles (Scolytinae)

Several good quality

the most famous being the Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine) in Zambia

deep emerald green crystals of Vivianite

but this is still a great quality piece from Huanuni

a form of preserved / fossilized tree resin

the Wavellites are certainly impressive from a crystallization standpoint

There are two key aspects to this specimen that make it not only fine quality but as good as nearly anything I've seen from anywhere in Myanmar

prismatic crystal of Hubnerite with a few GEM quality Quartz crystals (one of which is doubly terminated)