Description
Despite Tarbuttite is a realtively rare species, it is normally rather boring an often-ugly phosphate disparagingly referred to as a bat-poop mineral (because often it has formed under ancient caves layered with tens of thousands of years of deposition of mineral-rich bat guano). However, specimens from the Skorpion Mine are different. A new find appeared on the market in 2007, and I consider these transparent, truly gemmy, apple-green crystals to be the best of species for aesthetic quality by an order of magnitude. This is a rich miniature sized piece, nicely decorated with tiny crystals of SUPER-RARE Skorpionite, for which the Skorpion Mine is TYPE LOCALITY.