Veszelyite (rare)

Item Description

Veszelyite is a very rare hydrated copper zinc phosphate species. There are only a handful of world localities where good crystals can be found. Recently there have been some supremely fine quality specimens coming out of China, with crystals as lustrous and well-formed as you will see from anywhere. Obviously the most famous specimens of Veszelyite are those from the Black Pine Mine in Montana, but I would say these Chinese examples are just as good in terms of quality and color, though not quite as big as the Philipsburg examples. This attractive thumbnail specimen features beautiful, sharp, lustrous, intense blue colored, monoclinic bladed crystals of Veszelyite measuring up to 6 mm with minor associated secondary copper minerals and a bit of matrix. I can see a tiny bit of a sky blue colored mineral, possibly Turquoise(?) or Chrysocolla(?). Very few of these are available, so if you're a fan of secondary ore minerals, rare species or material from China, don't let this one get away.