Vivianite Copper and it is often difficult

and it is often difficult to know where specimens are from because several mines in the area share the same vein system

luster and overall quality of the crystals

and I was very lucky to get as many good pieces as I did

and you can spend a great deal of time looking at it under magnification to see all of the impressively well-preserved insects inside

doubly terminated crystals of this rare lead

Vivianite Copper and it is often difficultThis 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