Copal / Young Amber with insect inclusionsArguably this piece has the FINEST clarity of any piece in the lot as it's virtually WATER CLEAR throughout and features a wide range of insects including small flies (Diptera), along with parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera) plus one large, winged termite (Isoptera), one large true bug (Heteroptera) and two bark beetles (Scolytinae). Some of my favorite insects are seen in this piece, and it's because of the tremendous gemminess which allows one to clearly

This is why it is so difficult to obtain any good Silvers from Porco

Now I'm fairly certain that there will not be any more of these amazing Wavellite specimens again

"sword"-shaped crystal of Vivianite

but it's still a nice little representation of this classic material

This piece features a sharp

This particular piece features a lovely

the best luster and often gemminess of any Vivianite specimens to date from this country

Specimen # BOL711B144

This is one of the very few specimens of Franckeite that I have seen from the famous Siglo XX mine

The crystal

cream-colored Stilbite

Along with the translucency and the fact that it’s on matrix