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The luster is better than the majority of the Ferberites from this mine and the piece is complete on both the top and bottom
The piece features not one
Specimen # BOL711B249
This is an aesthetic specimen from this classic Bolivian locality
Baddeleyite (rare fine twinned crystal) Sweet Home The luster is better thanBaddeleyite is a fairly rare zirconium oxide species that dates back to 1892 when it was named after the British geologist, Joseph Baddeley. While working as the superintendent of a railroad project in Rakwana, Sri Lanka in the 1890s, Baddeley found an unusual mineral and sent samples back to London for analysis. According to mindat. org, "This led to the discovery of Geikielite. Baddeley then sent more samples of that mineral, but one of them was
