Aurichalcite

  

Aurichalcite with minor chalcophanite

Origin: Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Sample size: 6.2 x 4.7 x 1.8 cm

 

  

Balls of bright, velvety aurichalcite on a backdrop of quartz-covered aurichalcite

  

  

Sprays of blue-green aurichalcite with hemimorphite

  

Aurichalcite on smithsonite

Origin: 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8.1 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm (top), 6.0 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm (2nd/3rd row), 6.4 x 5.6 x 3.4 cm (4th/bottom row)

 

  

Origin: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Sample size: 5.2 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone