Diaspore (rare)This Diaspore is a beautiful "Brilliant Oval" cut gem with very slight inclusions and a gentle lilac pink hue in incandescent lighting but shows more of a yellow pink hue in LED lighting. Outdoors, the color is more of a pure pink, with no purple overtones. When it comes to gem quality Diaspore, most people are familiar with the sandy colored gems from Turkey (sometimes marketed as "Zultanite" or "Csarite"), but in 2020 there was a brand new discovery

This is a wonderful opportunity to own a superb specimen of this extraordinarily rare mineral species

well-formed crystals

They occur in virtually every color of the rainbow (including black) and are prized for their extreme durability and fire

a prominent figure and collector of Colorado minerals

Specimen # BOL711B289

and you have a one-of-a-kind miniature

arguably among the finest in the world

I've only seen a handful of faceted Brookites over the years

inclusion gems or naturally multi-colored stones

with only a few contacts here and there

A cool association specimen from this classic locality

layered groups of Bertrandite