Olivenite on Cornubite (Fred Pough Coll.)

Item Description

Gemmy and lustrous clusters of olive-green, acicular olivenite crystals are nicely scattered on the vuggy gossan matrix covered with complimentary, sparkly, bubbly, botryoidal, forest-green cornubite. Cornubite is an uncommon copper arsenate and this excellent specimen is a rare combination of the two species. Ex Fred Pough Collection, former Curator at the American Museum.