Hemimorphite (rare blue color)

Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 04/20/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/27/2017 6:49:49 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A beautiful and certainly uncommon blue color Hemimorphite from the renowned copper deposit at Kimbedi in the Congo. Typically, Hemimorphite is colorless, and I have only seen blue Hemimorphite like this from a few world localities. This piece features sharp, lustrous, well-formed, sky blue curved crystals of Hemimorphite on gossan matrix. This is undoubtedly one of the few Hemimorphites from this locality that I have seen with this color, which is most likely caused by Copper inclusions. This is one of the better ones from Kimbedi, with good color and form. Valued at $900.

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