Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)

79 Mine, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
Cabinet, 10.6 x 8.1 x 3.4 cm
Start Time: 07/05/2018 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/12/2018 6:46:39 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Attractive, greenish-blue, semi-lustrous "needle" or "tuft"-like sprays of Aurtichalcite measuring up to 1.6 cm across are associated with sparkling, silvery colored Hemimorphite on matrix, creating an eye-catching overall specimen. The Aurichalcite has a wonderfully bright color and each spray looks beautiful up close. If you're an Arizona collector, or a secondary mineral collectors, don't pass this one up, as it's a lovely Aurichalcite from this beloved locality. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogne of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #1167). Bedogne wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.

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