Diaspore (rare) Hemimorphite A robust and stout Scapolite

A robust and stout Scapolite (Marialite) crystal from this famous locality in Tanzania

An aesthetic and fairly thick (for the locality) wire specimen of native Silver from the famous Porco Mine

and not filled with crazing

but the quality of the Sphalerite crystals on this specimen is better than the vast majority of Sphalerites to come out of the Eagle Mine (more properly the New Jersey Zinc Eagle Mine)

Diaspore (rare) Hemimorphite A robust and stout ScapoliteThis Diaspore is a beautiful "Brilliant Trillion" cut gem with very very slight inclusions and a gentle purplish 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. The fact that the stone is over 1 carat makes it a collector quality gemstone. When it comes to gem quality Diaspore, most people are familiar with the sandy colored gems from Turkey