Cuprian Austinite with Conichalcite and Aragonite (ex Clay Williams Collection)

Middle Pit, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
Small Cabinet, 8.3 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Start Time: 06/16/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/27/2017 6:31:18 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A cool specimen of Cuprian Austinite with Conichalcite from the famous Gold Hill Mine in Utah. Austinite is a calclium zinc arsenate named after Austin Flint Rogers, an American mineralogist at Stanford University. The Cuprian variety of Austinite is a gorgeous chrome green hue. The Austinite features great sharp crystals with excellent gemminess and vitreous luster, and really look great up close with the "balls" of stark green Conichalcite on matrix. White sprays of Aragonite can be seen on the specimen as well. From the Clay Williams collection, and certainly good quality for the species.

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