Amethyst on Calcite (reverse scepters)This specimen is an attractive display piece consisting of fine quality, sharp, gemmy, lustrous, prismatic, purple "reverse" scepter and simple prisms of Amethyst associated with good quality, gemmy, white colorless, modified scalenohedra of Calcite sitting on underlain "chlorite" on matrix. This piece is remarkable for Bolivia as it features a type of crystallization that is virtually unheard of for this country. A great piece for the quality and

This specimen was collected in late 2010 and

A very small percentage of the Franckeites from San Jose are found on matrix

Specimen # BOL711B253

not only from Bolivia

This attractive thumbnail specimen hosts several sharp

I still consider this to be a collector quality specimen

This piece features several beautiful

white to off-white color Hopeite crystals which vary in habit from slender “blades” to slightly blocky orthorhombic crystals

and worthwhile for any Colorado collector to add to their collection

Baddeley then sent more samples of that mineral

but clusters such as this specimen only existed in about 5% of the pieces found

arborescent group of crudely crystallized Copper is a great display specimen from this historic locality