Danburite (unique blue color)

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While these specimens are not a new find per se, they are 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 Alto Chapare is the type locality. This specimen features a very good sized, nice, sharp, lustrous, well formed, prismatic, gray-blue color crystal of Danburite sitting on talc matrix. The Danburite crystal measures 3.1 cm, and is larger than most from the locality. 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. One of the recent finds from the summer collecting in Bolivia.