Tourmaline (Scepter)A classic scepter habit bicolor Tourmaline from what is the worlds most well known locality for this specific material. When one thinks of scepter Tourmalines, most people immediately think of Barra de Salinas and this locality has been providing the mineral world with these beautiful and unique crystals for decades. This attractive small cabinet specimen was acquired by my father in the early 1970s in Brazil most likely either 1973 or 1974 and I only

is unheard of

Specimen # BROOK31901

as the locals seem to be charging more and more for them after each new find

Specimen # BOL711B251

Specimen# CO712B194

beautifully crystallized matrix specimens of Vauxite from Bolivia like this one

well-terminated crystals

An incredibly large "room" of crystals was discovered

A classic “V”-shaped twin (twinned along the {100} face) of Ferberite from the famous Tasna mine in far southern Bolivia

Specimen# CO712B82

Great condition overall and it’s not often one sees such a fantastic blocky twinned crystal of Vivianite like this

with a gorgeous satiny interior