Vesuvianite (green and purple bi-color)

Item Description

The Jeffrey Mine is one of the most recognized localities in the world for beautiful mineral specimens. This mine is certainly one of the premier Canadian localities and without question in the top 100 localities of all time. One of the signature mineral specimens from this mine are the famous Vesuvianite crystals, regarded as some of the finest crystals ever found of the species. They are distinctly green with a vibrant "granny smith apple" hue, but occasionally there are purple crystals (caused by the presence of manganese), and sometimes you will find crystals with BOTH the green and purple together like we see in this specimen. This attractive thumbnail featuring very sharp, highly lustrous, well-formed, thick, stout, classic green colored crystals of Vesuvianite with accenting areas of a beautiful purple hue, and even a purple "core" at the center! It's important to note that we rarely see crystals of this girth from the Jeffrey Mine, they are typically more slender and elongated. The terminations on the specimen, are in good shape along the front / display face, but the piece is contacted on the base / back where it was separated from the pocket wall. These classic specimens, along with all the other well-known minerals from Jeffrey will sadly never be found again as this entire locality is finished, so do not miss out on this chance to get your hands on a fine quality and desirable specimen from this world-class locale.