BerylFrom an isolated, small pocket that came out in 2011, this was one of only a handful of crystals recovered according to my source who acquired them directly at the locality. These crystals are not quite blue, not quite green, but somewhere in between. I wont call them Aquamarines, but they do have an interesting color. To me, the most important fact about this piece is that its so sharp and well formed. Beryl crystals from Madagascar can often be

Wulff was one of the founding members of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society in 1936

It’s obviously from a very obscure locality

so it’s not completely colorless

Specimen # BOL711B285

The piece resembles a flower in bloom as the "petals" of the Copper are slowly opening from the center

A worthwhile smaller specimen of this classic material

Truly a magnificent example of this wonderful material from Colombia

"wet"-looking / vitreous

The Prospect Park Quarry is arguably the most famous mineral producing basalt quarry in New Jersey and

well-formed dodecahedral crystals of Copper

Specimen # BOL711B222

Liddicoatite is a “non-approved” mineral species (it’s now called Fluor-Liddicoatite)