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Chrysocolla ps. After Hemimorphite (RARE & rare CA locale) Trimingham Coll.
- Copper World Mine, Clark Mts, San Bernardino Co., California
- Cabinet, 10.9 x 5.4 x 4.9 cm
- Start Time: 05/08/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/15/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A RARE, large, sculptural pseudomorph specimen from this obscure former Cu-Pb-Ag-Au mine. Blue-green chrysocolla has pseudomorphed scattered upright hemimorphite blades to about 2.2 cm. The pseudos rest on bubbly, botryoidal banded chrysocolla on a bit of rhyolite matrix. Specimens of ANY species are very rare from this uncommon California locale. Hemimorphite is not listed by MINDAT for this mine. A very showy, fine and rare large piece from the Bob Trimingham Collection and purchased from Pathfinder Minerals in Fremont, California in 1981.