Vauxite (outstanding color!) Sphalerite The terminations on the Amazonite

The terminations on the Amazonite crystals are rare in my experience and make for a lovely color contrast

This piece features rare

prismatic “sword”-shaped

silver-grey crystallized “spray”

and obtaining specimens is next to impossible because miners rarely bring out anything for sale

Vauxite (outstanding color!) Sphalerite The terminations on the AmazoniteA remarkable, very well crystallized, OUTSTANDING blue color, ridiculously rare specimen consisting of radiating crystal aggregates of Vauxite on clay matrix. I have photographed the crystals under the microscope to show that they are truly terminated crystals and not just a blue mass. I must point out that these crystals of Vauxite show the most electric neon blue color that I've seen for the species, but it appears that the rich color is due to a