Connellite (rare locality specimen) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)

Item Description

A rarity from the isle of Corsica featuring lovely sky blue patches of the uncommon copper sulfate Connellite associated with a dark green mineral (most likely Brochantite or Malachite) on host rock matrix. The hand-written label accompanying the piece states that the piece is (incorrectly) from the Matra Mine. Specimens of this size are virtually impossible to obtain from this extinct locality. 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.