Goethite (great quality)

Item Description

When someone mentions the Pikes Peak area of Colorado, I think most people think about some of the finest, world-class crystals of Amazonite in the world. With that said, there are a few additional species from this area that don't get enough attention, including what I consider to be some of, if not THE finest CRYSTALS of Goethite ever found. Goethite from this area isn't celebrated nearly enough for its quality, mostly because It is not a species that most people associated with excellent crystallized specimens. Keep in mind that a lot of Goethite on the market is either massive / uncrystallized or reniform / botryoidal, so actual crystals are RARE. This is a wonderful display piece filled with excellent, sharp, lustrous, golden-black colored "blades" Goethite forming "spray"-like crystallized groups, with individual crystals measuring up to 1.0 cm long. A fantastic small cabinet with superb quality and aesthetics. This is something that most collectors don't even think about adding to their collections because it's a "black rock", but when you take the superior crystallization into account, you realize that these are some of the best crystallized representations of the species extant! Lastly, the pronunciation of this species is a bit confusing, but we like to point out that it was named after the famous German philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, so it is properly pronounced GER-tite (with a hard "g" like gold).