Olmiite (fine quality) (ex Charlie Key Collection)

Item Description

A wonderful full miniature sized specimen comprising fine quality, excellent color, translucent / gemmy well-crystallized groups of pinkish-orange Olmiite sitting on white crystallized Quartz matrix. The internal color GLOWS when the piece is backlit. No damage that I can see with the naked eye to the front or back, and the piece is so showy! The overall group of Olmiite crystals measures 3.3 x 2.9 cm 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. Priced in the inventory at $2,500.