A large, 6.5 cm long, well-formed beryl crystal exhibits good luster, minor translucence and a creamy color. Anhedral quartz is attached to the base of the beryl crystal. This is classic material from a rare, old East Coast locality, seldom seen. Believe it or not, this is what passes for extremely elegant for the material from this locality, and it is in fact colored a blush pale pink in person, in some places. Others might call it a goshenite, but locals definitely call these morganite for that blush. The crystal has one best display angle where it shows a great beryl shape the best. It is , unlike most, not repaired and is well terminated with a medium-lustrous termination that is , again, better than the examples one normally sees from here. Al found this lucky find in an old collection.

Aesthetically emplaced on a large, frosted, whitish gray barite crystal, 5.5 cm across, are diverging crystals of lustrous, black gaudefroyite to 1.7 cm in length. This species is an uncommon borate rich carbonate with strange chemistry, known only in good crystals from several finds at this manganese mine. Usually they occur as jumbly masses, flat plates, and seldom with any aesthetics in larger specimens. The contrast here, and the perch on barite, is HIGHLY unusual, extremely attractive, and makes this one of the better display specimens of the species I have seen (even including the handling of several major Kalahari collections with thousands of pieces, over the years). While there are a few minor broken crystals, the overall piece is impactful and the major crystals and clusters are intact despite their exposure. Adding color to the specimen are tiny red andradite garnet crystals throughout.

A sharp crystal of this rare sodium-magnesium sulfate. It does need to be oiled with mineral oil to preserve its hydration state, if in a humid environment. This is a great piece, for quality and symmetry! Initially the color looks dark gray , but when backlit it goes mostly white and transparent. An excellent example of this very rare species, self-collected by Al Ordway over many trips to this locality.