I acquired this specimen around 2007 from the mine owner (now deceased), Bob Hopper. At the time it was in his office, it was a pocket enclosed in a big ugly rock, quite literally - but he'd kept it just because it was such a beautiful pocket. He collected it in the great finds here of the mid-1990s. Trimmed out, it makes a small cabinet sized piece that just bursts with the most intense flame-orange color you can ask for in a Bunker Hill pyro (or any pyro, come to think of it). The luster is wet-looking and the sparkly brilliance of light reflecting off all the subterminations make the piece look almost gemmy. The unusual wraithlike shape ringing one side of the clusters is a remnant of a thin pyromorphite "curtain" that attached to the pocket wall above, when it was removed. All in all, a really unique specimen even from this productive mine, with intense color that takes it up a notch compared to many pieces. Joe Budd photos