Brochantite on Calcite (rare locale)

Cobre Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Miniature, 4.9 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
Start Time: 04/15/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/20/2017 6:34:58 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Brochantite is RARE from the famous mines at Concepcion del Oro, especially beautiful turquosie-blue needles, such as on this fine piece. A 1.0 cm spray is nicely set in a vug lined with microcrystalline calcite. The matrix is an oxide-tinted calcite cleavage, that is nicely accented with blue azurite blebs. This showy combination rarity probable dates to the 1960s or 70s.

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