These specimens represent some of the better specimens I held back after the find at the end of Summer 2004, in the hopes that there would be more. Alas, no more have been found, and it seems that this locality will not produce any more of the specimens. I was very proud to offer the FIRST of what I consider to be some of the VERY BEST quality crystals of this species to ever come from Bolivia ! These crystals have without question the best luster of any Vivianite specimens to date from this country. Another outstanding feature is the wonderful color contrast between the vivid green Vivianite and the altered red Sandstone. These pieces have what I think is some of the best matrix for these crystals from Bolivia. It's not unstable like decomposing Limonite and it provides a much more appealing contrast than ordinary Pyrite.
I cannot stress how exciting these Vivianite specimens truly are. These pieces have such outstanding aesthetics, color, quality and gemminess. I have seen hundreds of Vivianite specimens from Bolivia in my life and these pieces sent my heart pounding when I first saw them.
John Sinkankas said this about Vivianite in his book, Mineralogy: "The goal of collectors in respect to Vivianite specimens, is to obtain single crystals from the Bolivian localities". John listed at least a dozen localities for Vivianite in his book and stressed that lustrous, gemmy crystals are almost impossible to obtain from any locality. He also states that "Crystals are seldom sharply terminated". The terminations on the following specimena are very sharp and highly lustrous.
