Vivianite Copper and I was very lucky

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

or incomplete (broken) spheres on matrix

"sword"-shaped crystals of Vivianite with metamorphosed Sandstone

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

Vivianite Copper and I was very luckyThis 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