Beryllonite California and not crumbly clay (after

and not crumbly clay (after Allophane) which means that they are much sturdier and allows the pieces to be displayed with ease

the majority of the Mahodari Fluorites are some shade of yellow/golden (sometimes they're red due to iron oxide coatings)

it still contains about 3-8% water"

A sculptural and all-around pretty piece of this attractive Chalcedony from Indonesia

Amblygonite is a relatively rare stone and is only found from a few localities in top gem material

Beryllonite California and not crumbly clay (afterWhen it comes to specimens of Beryllonite, the finest examples are those from Afghanistan. This rare sodium beryllium phosphate is often found in smaller, nondescript specimens from various other pegmatite localities around the world, but the specimens from Afghanistan are incredibly well formed, large and beautiful. This piece is a good sized, sharp, well formed, euhedral, pseudo hexagonal (monoclinic) crystal group of Beryllonite showing the typical