or incomplete (broken) spheres on matrix
and it is often difficult to know where specimens are from because several mines in the area share the same vein system
When viewed from the front
To the credit of Alfredo Petrov and Dr
sharpness and translucency/gemminess sitting on wonderfully contrasting
Vivianite Copper or incomplete (broken) spheres onThis piece 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. A very sharp, GEM quality, rather lustrous, rich emerald green, thin, prismatic crystal with a beautiful termination. Great quality all the way around, and certainly better