A very beautiful and unusually symmetrical example of this extremely fragile material from Brazil. These are by no means hard to obtain, but I rarely see one symmetrical or undamaged enough to temp me into buying it. This one had an excellent star-like appearance, with the golden rutile needles growing epitaxially on a group of hematite crystals. Setting this piece apart even further, the hematite crystals are even terminated on the bottom.
When I ship this, it will be glued into a plastic base, and you will have to use acetone or rubbing alcohol to free it. It *must* be shipped with full insurance, and I would prefer to only mail within the US.