A cabinet specimen of helvite on albite, from the same mine that produced the spectacular hoppered red spessartines.  Both finds occurred around mid 2004.

There are actually a few scraps of red garnet on this piece as well, but the the focus of this piece is the helvite.  It is unusually large and rich by the standards of the find.  These days you are far more likely to see helvite fromthe various Chinese helvites (Tongbei, Jinlong, Huanggang) but this is an interesting example from 10 years ago.

The yellow overgrowth is likely a subsequent generation of another helvite group mineral.