Herbertsmithite

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Dark greenish blue blocky to rhombohedral crystals to 1 mm.
Origin: San Francisco mine, Sierra Gorda, Caracoles District, Antofagasta Province, Chile
Sample size: 6 x 3 x 3.5 cm (top), 6 x 3 x 3 cm (2nd row), 5 x 3 x 2 cm (3rd row), 5 x 5 x 1 cm (4th row), 6 x 4 x 2 cm (5th row), 7 x 5 x 1 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Blue-green transparent crystals on matrix
Origin: Skorpion Mine, Witputz, Lüderitz, Karas, Namibia
Sample size: 1.4 x 1.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Herbertsmithite with ligher coloured chrysocolla
  
  
Origin: Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Sample size: 4.8 x 3.9 x 1.7 cm (top), 7.1 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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