Olmiite (ex Charlie Key)

Item Description

A wonderful miniature sized specimen comprising, excellent color, translucent and showy groups of well-crystallized pinkish-orange Olmiite measuring up to 2.2 cm across on matrix. The internal color GLOWS when the piece is backlit. No damage on the front side, just a "rub" / contacted area on the back, but you can't see it when the piece is displayed. This mineral is truly found in one part of the world in fine display specimens, and the color is so distinctive and unique that it really stands out as one of the most significant NEWLY discovered minerals in the last 20 years. Keep in mind that virtually all of these specimens were labeled as being Poldervaartite, which now is an exceptionally rare species. Without the specimens from the N'Chwaning Mines, most people would have no knowledge of the species Olmiite. I tend to think of these specimens the same way I do Pentagonite, which is to say that they are both incredibly rare and beautiful species with clearly eye-visible crystals, and finest specimens truly come from one place in the world.