Spodumene (1,223 grams) (doubly terminated)Green, of all the colors of Afghani Spodumene, is probably the most difficult to obtain. Recently, Ive seen these crystals marketed as "Hiddenite" which is NOT correct as true Hiddenite is Chromium bearing and these crystals, despite the color similarity to Hiddenite are simply green Spodumene. Nonetheless, this is still an impressive gem crystal of a hard to find color from what is probably the most well known locality in the world for Spodumene

The Alice Mine is one of the most classic of all the Colorado localities for Chalcopyrite

The piece was collected in the late 1970s

No damage and no repairs

The specimen displays very nicely from several angles and just looks like a pool of liquid green in your hands

which formed in stages during period of hydrothermal etching to create the thin base with the thicker scepter cap on top

This piece hosts several groups of Franckeite consisting of somewhat "sword"-shaped crystals forming spherical aggregates which are sitting on minor iridescent Sphalerite and/or Wurtzite with minor associated Pyrite and Quartz on matrix

There are several smooth

Specimen# CO712B78

let alone fine quality

Specimen# AQUAID5103

which is formed by the Copper oxidizing

These specimens are some of the most classic Quartz after Calcite pseudomorphs or "casts" from any world locality and this specimen is a fantastic example showing the perfect scalenohedral form of the previous Calcite crystals which were coated by very small