Andorite on Zinkenite Magnetite An attractive matrix display specimen

An attractive matrix display specimen featuring a few blocky crystals of very pale blue-green Microcline (probably not dark enough for what I would call Amazonite) associated with starkly contrasting Smoky Quartz and highlighted by snow white Albite (var: Cleavelandite)

Specimen # BOL711B161

and ALL of them

but prosperous boom of specimens

this is a great example of this well-known material

Andorite on Zinkenite Magnetite An attractive matrix display specimenFrom the amazing find in November 2004. Andorite is lead, silver, antimony sulfosalt and was named for the Hungarian mineral collector Andor von Semsey (1833 1923), who holds a remarkable distinction for having two mineral species named after him (Andorite and Semseyite). I personally acquired the entire lot of ALL the top crystals that came into the U. S. in late 2004 through early 2005, of which many experts considered to be such a significant find,