[Rockhounds] Question on Boracite

[Andrew Turner]

I would suggest contacting Alfredo Petrov via MinDat or LinkedIN.  You can post it on MinDat or contact him directly through there.  He is an expert mineralogist and collector/dealer in Bolivian minerals.  He has sold numerous large boracite crystals over the years at shows in S. California and elsewhere.  He's even given me a few smaller ones.

Andrew Turner

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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Question on Boracite

Not helpful on the specimen, but I wonder if the person is Chris Korpi?

Unfortunately looks to have passed some years ago,
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On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 1:02 PM Larry Rush <larryrush at att.net> wrote:

> Some years ago, I ran a Thumbnail mail group, devoted to the education,
> Information, and trading of Thumbnail sized minerals. One of the members
> was a fellow named C.Korpi.We had a nice exchange whereby he sent me a fine
> Bolivian Boracite crystal, in matrix.   TheAlto Chapare Mine was the
> world's best source of these, at that time. Does anyone here know Korpi??I
> no longer have his address.
> The crystal I traded for, with Mr. Korpi, is a Terminated Orthorhombic
> crystal, lustrous gray, 20X30 mm in size, in a bed of Gypsum, total
> specimen size being  30X40X40mm.
> Mindat lists this locality as being known for the large size of Boracite
> crystals, with a maximum length up to 27 mm.
> Taking this at face value, and having nothing else to go by, including
> Dana, this means I may have one of the  largest Boracite crystals ever
> found.
> I am quite bothered by this potential bit of information, and am really
> not too happy to be in this position.
> Can anyone suggest how I can verify this, and if true...what should I be
> doing about it, in terms of finding the proper site (a museum?) to whom it
> can be endowed??
> Thanks.....
> Larry
>
>
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