Microcline (var: Amazonite)A decent thumbnail sized specimen of Amazonite with a handful of fairly sharp, semi lustrous, gentle blue green colored crystals and no matrix. The piece is clearly contacted, so it's mostly a reference specimen, but the main Amazonite crystals on the top of the piece are well terminated and look nice when viewing from above. Specimen # AMAZWH111926

Specimen # BOL711B42

black cyclic twinned crystals which are associated with Quartz on matrix

This find produced some of the most spectacular

Specimen # BOL711B24

golden metallic Pyrite matrix

but it appears that the rich color is due to a micro coating of transparent Quartz on top of the Vauxite

A beautiful full miniature display specimen featuring a predominant

Ahlfeld worked the San Jose mine and Itos mine (the other significant Andorite locality at the same mountain in Oruro) when the mines were used predominantly as a major source of tin to the United States during WWII

do not pass up this unique and hard-to-find display specimen

Specimen # BOL711B293

The main crystal is contacted on the side

The quality is good for this locality