SphaleriteThis beautiful Sphalerite has a medium yellow hue with golden orange highlights, and when you view it under halogen lighting or in sunlight, you can see the bright shimmering splitting of white light into its constituent colors in prisms and rainbows inside the stone due to the good cutting along with the excellent dispersion of the material. The stone is only very very slightly included, which is important for Sphalerite as not only is it a

layered blades of Ferberite on the side

the inclusions are a brownish color and not BRIGHT like the inclusions in this stone

When the crystal is backlit

stepped octahedral faces and wonderful overall form

and definitely one of the better pieces I've seen in terms of sharpness and fine crystallization

A good big blocky light blue-green colored Amazonite crystal with minor Smoky Quartz on the underside

I love the fact that the outer rind on the front is complete all the way around

It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain superb quality Tourmalines from Paprok for decent prices

No damage on either side

It's a very attractive stone

The species is Woodworthia sp

This piece was collected in 2010 by Quinton Cross and Ralph Buck