Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) (“Blood Vessel Opal”)Wow, I was impressed when I saw this piece as the sheer aesthetics are almost unheard of for the material. Typically, its impossible for these Hyalites to form in such a pleasing three dimensional shape, but this piece breaks the mold. Not only is it incredibly showy, but it has a wide range of colors starting with a fiery orange red hue on one end which grades across the specimen into nearly colorless pale golden color and is actually opaque WHITE at

and how often do you see an 8+ inch bi-color “floater” crystal like this for such a reasonable price

This specimen is an attractive display piece consisting of fine quality

you see an actual crystal face

the left side of the specimen features a bit of moss green colored Clinochlore "Chlorite" inclusions creating a lovely contrast of colors

The reverse side of the specimen shows that the Pyrite is not only growing inside the Quartz crystals but is actually coating them in places as well

beautifully crystallized matrix specimens of Vauxite from Bolivia like this one

Brilliant “glass”-like beads of gemmy to TRANSPARENT

but all of the Brookite crystals are actually doubly terminated and

rich blue-green colored single crystal with minor attached Albite (var: Cleavelandite)

This piece is an incredibly beautiful specimen of this great phosphate featuring several small

Specimen# CO712B166

my grandfather acquired this specimen from the estate of Waldo Butler