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Boracite$2,450.00
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Boracite is a rare species normally found in colorless and somewhat ugly crystals, from places like Bolivia. However, one time in the early 1990s, England surprised the collecting world with a few small pockets of gorgeous crystals of a novel blue color, even gemmy. Highly lustrous and translucent crystals of turquoise-blue boracite, to 0.5 cm across are clustered together in a vuggy, 3-dimensional piece. As noted on Lindsay Greenbank's label, the piece was recovered by the mine surveyor in 1993. Many were found at the time, but not since; and this is one of the most brilliantly lustrous and intensely colored specimens we have seen. It is highly displayable, and a significant example from this brief find. Prominently featured in Classic Minerals of Northern England (Mineralogical Record, 2010) as a full page photograph on page 54 of that book. Ex. Lindsay Greenbank collection, to Tim Sherburn, and later to us. Comes with a custom display base.
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Species
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.2 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Locality
SKURARE25-054
Listed on03/07/2025
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