Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) (“Blood Vessel Opal”) sheet Most people are familiar with

Most people are familiar with the Copper pseudomorphs after Aragonite from this locality

I have only seen a handful of these specimens on the market

silvery acicular "spray" of Jamesonite needles

purple "reverse" scepter and simple prisms of Amethyst associated with good quality

purplish-pink prismatic crystals of Spodumene (var: “Kuznite”) (one of which shows a distinct twin line) which are aesthetically flaring off a sharp

Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) (“Blood Vessel Opal”) sheet Most people are familiar withA beautiful stacked curled group of glassy tightly intergrown beads of gemmy brilliant orange color Blood Vessel Opal from this newly discovered locality. A wonderful thumbnail with excellent form and color. The strong orange hue is caused by inclusions of iron oxide, which have left small lines near the surface, creating the capillaries or blood vessels from which this material gets its nickname. At the beginning of 2016, a friend of ours started