Paratacamite & Malachite on Quartz(rare combo)

Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Department, Peru
Toenail, 3.0 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Start Time: 12/01/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/06/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A 5 mm, sharp, highly lustrous, dark green, paratacamite crystal is jauntily set in a cleft near the pinnacle of the quartz point matrix. A field of chatoyant, radial clusters of malachite needles is a super accent. Slight bruising to the paratacamite is noted, but certainly has minimal impact to this showy and uncommon combination specimen from the 2006-2007 finds. It could easily trim to a fine thumbnail, too.

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