Ashburtonite

  
Pale to sky blue acicular micro crystals to 0.75 mm with dark blue, platy crystals of diaboleite associated with a few unidentified minerals possibly gartrellite and atacamite. Ex. Fred DeVito
  
Ex. Kidwell collection
Origin: Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)
Sample size: about 4 cm (top), 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
  
  
Origin: Mineral Claim 84, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)
Sample size: 5.7 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm (top/2nd row), 8.6 x 6.1 x 3.7 cm (3rd/4th/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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