I was on the same trip with Monika to Bimini and yeah, that
cymatium was a stunner !  I thought I'd die when I saw it.
In fact, I think that was my greatest 'glory in what somebody
else found' moment, when you just love the opportunity to admire
a great shell. In fact, I would ask Monika if I could run up to
her room for a moment a few more times just to see the cymatium.
There I would happily comment on the color, the size, the 'texture'.

 I took a photograph of it next
to her also-very-nice-but-not-as-spectacular West Indian
Chank. The photo doesn't do either shell justice since I just
had a throw away camera.

When I'm done editing my article about this trip, I'm sending it
with photographs for the Hawaiian Shell Club news ( also to a few
other hard copy newsletters  sans photos). So people should be able to at
least get a look.

Karen