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Aurichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
79 Mine, Chilito, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 8 × 6 cm
Description

A beautiful and aesthetic Arizona aurichalcite specimen from the famous 79 Mine in Gila County.

Clusters of radiating turquoise-blue aurichalcite needles rest on sparkly, hemimorphite rich matrix.

This piece comes from an older collection and may be from the famous late 60s-early 70s find by Mineralogical Record publisher Wendell Wilson, generally considered to be the finest in the world for the species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia