Danburite (rare blue color)

Item Description

This specimen was collected in 2005. While these specimens are not a new find per se, they are fairly new specimens from a well known locality. These are the only BLUE Danburite crystals that I have ever seen from any locality. Truly the crystals themselves are colorless, but are included by a rare Amphibole called Magnesioriebeckite, for which this is the type locality. This specimen is a very good quality crystal from this well-known locality. It features a very good sized, sharp, lustrous, well formed, prismatic, gray-blue color crystal of Danburite with very minor white Talc. The crystal is larger than the majority of the Danburites I have seen from Chapare. An interesting historical note about this locality: Supposedly the mineral was first discovered in the tomb of a "cacique" (a native Indian chief) where they had been placed jewels to signify that he was rich. The find of these crystals was made near there.