Yvonite

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Yvonite with light greenish blue geminite
  
Platy sky blue yvonite associated with a matrix of light green geminite and pale blue pushcharovskite.
Origin: Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Montagne Noire, Aude, France (type locality)
Sample size: 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm with blue crystals to less than 0.25 mm (top), 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm (2nd row), 3 x 2 x 2 cm (3rd row), 5.5 x 3 x 2 cm (4th row), 2 x 2 x 2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
Origin: Salsigne Mine, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (type locality)
Sample size: 1.8 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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