Barite (good quality)

Item Description

From a find about 9 years ago in Bolivia. This find from the Colavi District, was one of the more exciting things to come out of Bolivia in recent memory. I think that their appearance, aesthetics and displayability are secondary only to the superb quality of the Barite crystals themselves. These crystals are some of the finest quality Barites I have ever seen from Bolivia and compare favorably to gem crystals from any other world locality extant. The crystal on this specimen is a good quality, sharp, well-formed, lustrous, water-clear to translucent tabular blade measuring 1.7 cm. The final touch to the Barite is that it is sitting atop beautiful, tiny, crystallized, sharp, lustrous, compressed rhombohedra of chocolate brown (nearly black) Siderite on matrix. This is one of the last pieces of this material that I have left so don't pass it by.