Smithsonite (ex Harold Urish Collection)

79 Mine, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Start Time: 12/01/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/08/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Attractive, rich greenish-blue, semi-lustrous radial groups of Smithsonite on matrix, creating an eye-catching overall specimen. From the collection of Harold Urish, and certainly an uncommon specimen based upon the color of other Smithsonites I've seen from the 79 Mine. It's a wonderfully bright color as opposed to many of the less desirable darker and "dingy" greem Smithsonites from this locality. If you're an Arizona collector, or a Smithsonite collector, don't pass this one up, as it's a fairly unusual Smithsonite for what it is.

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