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Specimen # BOL711B249
This is an aesthetic specimen from this classic Bolivian locality
Specimen # BULG4113
Specimen# CO712B203
Excellent for the locality
Baddeleyite (rare fine twinned crystal) Sweet Home Specimen # BOL711B249Baddeleyite 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
