Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite with Plancheite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)

Item Description

An aesthetic specimen of Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite from the now famous discovery of 2007 at Milpillas. Although there were many of these specimens available a few years ago, fine quality, undamaged display specimens were few and far between. There are many fine-quality, velvety, dark forest-green crystals of Malachite that have altered from Azurite measuring up to 2.3 cm with minor attached matrix . The cherry on top of this piece are some small blue "spheres" of rarely seen Plancheite. A nice specimen of this well-known material, with minimal damage, though there are some rough spots here and there. From the collection of Robert (Bob) Reynolds who passed in August of 2020. 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.