Quartz (var: Smoky) (“phantom” group) Sphalerite but it’s time for it

but it’s time for it to find a new home

Only a very small percentage of the Augelites from Machacamarca are found in twinned crystals

Specimen # AMAZWH111928

you must note that despite the sturdy matrix

and is not cleaved

Quartz (var: Smoky) (“phantom” group) Sphalerite but it’s time for itWhen it comes to mineral species, people tend to associate Bolivia with Vivianite, Cassiterite and Silver species, but there is a Gold mining operation in the north that has produced some of the finest "phantom" Quartz specimens from any locality I have seen. This specimen consists of dozens of sharp, gemmy, prismatic hexagonal crystals of Quartz (var: Smoky Quartz) that range in color from a very pale smoky color to a rich nearly "morion" black at