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Micromounts

Friday, 30 June 2023 01:30 PM

Introducing the "Micromounts" gallery which is part of our Special Edition galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including brochantite, caledonite, chlorargyrite, clinozoisite, connellite, and cuprite and more from places like Douglas Hill mine, Yerington dist., Lyon Co., Nevada, United States, Tonopah-Belmont mine, Tonopah dist., Nye Co., Nevada, United States, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, Alamos, Mun. de Alamos, Sonora, Mexico, Crowns Rock, Botallack, Cornwall, England, and Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States.

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Brochantite

#61820

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Locality: Douglas Hill mine, Yerington dist., Lyon Co., Nevada, United States
Formula: Cu₄SO₄(OH)₆
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount
Tagged: copper

Deep emerald green stout Brochantite crystals to 1mm with sharp pointed terminations. There is a little overgrowth of Malachite. Overall 2x2cm.

Brochantite

Formula: Cu₄SO₄(OH)₆
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Crystal Habit: Acicular, Prismatic, Druse
Cleavage: Perfect, None, None
Luster: Vitreous - Pearly
Color: green, emerald green, black
Streak: pale green
Class: Monoclinic - Prismatic
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 3.5-4

Mineralpedia: View Brochantite
On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Brochantite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Brochantite
WebMineral: View Brochantite
Mindat: View Brochantite

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Caledonite

with Linarite - #61822

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Locality: Tonopah-Belmont mine, Tonopah dist., Nye Co., Nevada, United States
Formula: Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount
Tagged: copper

Tiny, less than 0.5mm glassy blue crysatls of Caledonite with deep blue Linarite.

Caledonite

Formula: Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit: Prismatic, Radial, Striated
Cleavage: Perfect, Distinct, None
Luster: Vitreous - Greasy
Color: blue, blue green, green, dark green
Streak: greenish white
Class: Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 2.5-3

Mineralpedia: View Caledonite
On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Caledonite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Caledonite
WebMineral: View Caledonite
Mindat: View Caledonite

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Chlorargyrite

#61896

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Locality: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Formula: AgCl
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount
Tagged: silver

Exceptional, perfect cubo-octahedral, waxy-looking crystals of Chlorargyrite. Very very nice! The string of crystals are 6mm long and the largest crystal is 3.5mm.