Copper ("Spinel"-twins and crystals) Vivianite From the "Alpine-type" collection of

From the "Alpine-type" collection of my father

It's incredibly rare to find good matrix specimens of Betrandite

and this piece is crystallized on BOTH sides

very similar the Ukrainian Heliodor specimens I’ve seen from Volodarsk-Volynskii

lustrous and GEMMY the crystal is

Copper ("Spinel"-twins and crystals) Vivianite From the "Alpine-type" collection ofThis beautiful specimen of Native Copper features a pleasing combination of defined "Spinel" twins and well formed crystals intergrown to create a display quality miniature. The piece is highlighted at the top by a wonderful dodecahedral crystal of Copper with both smooth well formed positive faces and skeletal or "hoppered" negative faces sitting atop an elongated group of "Spinel" twins which branch out along the length of the specimen. Each of the