Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) (“Blood Vessel Opal”)A thumbnail sized specimen of spherical bead like Hyalite Opal with strong orange coloring caused by inclusions of iron oxide. The material has been nicknamed Blood Vessel Opal due to the thin lines created by the inclusions near the surface of the spheres. Though lustrous and gemmy, the piece does have a bit of damage on both sides, hence the reduced price. At the beginning of 2016, a friend of ours started working a claim with a few of the locals in

rich orange-red color "sword"-shaped Brookite crystals measuring up to 8 mm with sharp

A few of the Calcites are twinned

Really strange for the species

smooth and incredibly well-formed

The crystals are virtually damage free

Specimen # BROOK31914

Specimen# CO712B160

Specimen #VIVBOL81803

Better in person

semi-lustrous DOUBLY TERMINATED twin which is only seen in a very small percentage of pieces from Tasna

vibrant purplish pink color doubly terminated TWINNED crystal aesthetically sitting on Feldspar matrix

A most unusual specimen from this outcrop that was exposed and collected by Tom Hughes in the 1990s