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Arizona – February 2024
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 02.28.2024 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates

I’ve posted great new specimens in this Arizona Update (click here). Beautiful specimens of hemimorphite, smithsonite and aurichalcite from the famous 79 Mine, along with Rowley Mine wulfenite, Planet Mine chrysocolla, Bisbee and more.

Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 4.0 cm

Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 6.1 cm


Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 7.2 cm

Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 6.4 cm

Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 6.7 cm

Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 4.3 cm

Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 5.0 cm

Calcite “flower” on Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District,
Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 4.1 cm

Close-up of above specimen


Calcite on Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Calcite on Hemimorphite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Smithsonite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 4.7 cm

Smithsonite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 4.5 cm

Same specimen as above

Smithsonite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 3.1 cm

Same specimen as above

Aurichalcite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 6.7 cm

Same specimen as above

Same specimen as above

Aurichalcite, 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA – 7.8 cm

Same specimen as above

Wulfenite, Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA – cm

Same specimen as above

Same specimen as above

Chrysocolla, Planet Mine, Buckskin Mountains, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA – 7.3 cm

Calcite, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., Arizona – 5.1 cm

Calcite (helectite), Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Warren District,
Cochise Co., Arizona, USA – 10.5

Wulfenite with quartz coating, Finch Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Wulfenite with quartz, Finch Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

 


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