Hemimorphite (classic material) (ex Tom Campbell Collection)

Item Description

Some of the world's finest Hemimorphite specimens have come from the Santa Eulalia area in Mexico. These specimens are some of the most aesthetic and eye catching pieces from this locality. This specimen features very good sized, sharp, lustrous, bladed crystals of Hemimorphite meausring up to 2.8 cm on gossan matrix. The crystals have a beautiful two-tone coloring from reddish iron oxide. The crystals have a highly vitreous luster, and the piece displays beautifully as you can see in the last photo. Only a tiny bit of roughness, but overall the piece is in superb condition Retail value is $950. From the worldwide collection of Tom Campbell. Tom is a mineralogist and mineral collect who works with us here at The Arkenstone. He has over 35 years of experience in the fields of exploration geology, mining, and applied mineralogy, and has even more years under his belt as a collector! Tom has described many new species over the years, and discovered the rare phosphates Tiptopite, Fransoletite and Pahasapaite. Tom was also a co-author on the second edition of the Encylopedia of Minerals. You can see a list of Tom's published works here ( https://www.irocks.com/thomas-j-campbell-publications-list ).