Aurichalcite with Rosasite (ex Henry de Linde Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a wonderful classic Aurichalcite specimen from the famous Ojuela Mine in Mexico. The piece is loaded with bright greenish-blue, acicular crystals in radial "bursts" associated with tiny dark blue "balls" of Rosasite and gemmy micro white / colorless prisms of Hemimorphite on Limonite matrix. Beautiful to view up close with a loupe or under the microscope. We have photographed the piece with a Canon MP-E 65 mm macro lens to better illustrate the quality. From the collection of Henry de Linde (March 21, 1923 – April 4, 2019) of Hot Spring, Arkansas. Henry was one of the most prominent figures in the history of Arkansas mining and mineral collecting. Along with being a miner, mineral collector and an amateur mineralogist, de Linde was one of the founders of the Coon Creek Association mineral club. He was the owner of several key localities in Arkansas including the Diamond Jo Quarry (on the south rim of Magnet Cove), the type locality for Delindeite, which was named in his honor in 1987.