Hemimorphite (outstanding blue color) (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)

Item Description

These beautiful blue Hemimorphites came out of the Wenshan Mine in the mid 2000s, and they are some of the most colorful examples of the species ever found. These pieces have been around for a long time, and everybody is familiar with them and knows they are legit. This color is GENUINE, and is not treated or dyed in any way. The blue color is as good as it gets for Hemimorphite from any world locality. Both sides of the specimen features INTENSE blue color bubbly / botryoidal Hemimorphite aggregates on matrix. The largest "ball" measures 7 mm across. The edges are contacted where the piece was removed from the pocket wall, but the central spheres are undamaged. The smooth almost "waxy" luster on the surface combined with the excellent quality and amazing color make it a super specimen of these now hard to find Hemimorphites. It's likely that the blue color is caused by copper content, but I have never had this material tested to know for sure. From the collection of Robert (Bob) Reynolds. Bob was a well-known fossil and mineral expert and former Curator of Earth Sciences at the San Bernardino County Museum in California. The rare phyllomanganate-chromate species Reynoldsite was named in his honor in 2011.