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(1788) Aperçu sur les mines de Sibèrie. Journal de Physique et le radium, 33 (2), 81-96. (as \"\u003Cem>Calamine verdâtre\u003C\u002Fem>\")",{"id":188,"year":189,"html":190,"doi":11},16101685,1791,"Sage (1791) Le Journal de physique et le radium, Paris: 38: 155 (as \"\u003Cem>Mine de Laiton de Pise en Toscane\u003C\u002Fem>\").",{"id":192,"year":193,"html":194,"doi":11},16101686,1839,"Böttger, T. (1839) Chemische Untersuchung des Aurichalcits, eines neuen Kupfererzes vom Altai. 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Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, Arizona.",{"id":307,"year":308,"html":309,"doi":310},149522,2004,"Reddy, B. J. (2004) Spectroscopic characterisation of rosasite and aurichalcite. \u003Ci>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte\u003C\u002Fi>,  2004 (7) 302-316 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0028-3649\u002F2004\u002F2004-0302'>doi:10.1127\u002F0028-3649\u002F2004\u002F2004-0302\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0028-3649\u002F2004\u002F2004-0302",{"id":312,"year":313,"html":314,"doi":11},16963044,2005,"(2005) Aurichalcite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Faurichalcite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":316,"year":317,"html":318,"doi":319},16101714,2007,"Frost, Ray L., Hales, Matt C., Jagannadha Reddy, B. (2007) Aurichalcite – An SEM and Raman spectroscopic study. \u003Ci>Polyhedron\u003C\u002Fi>,  26 (13). 3291-3300 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.poly.2007.03.003'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.poly.2007.03.003\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.poly.2007.03.003",{"id":321,"year":322,"html":323,"doi":324},16941821,2008,"Frost, Ray L., Locke, Ashley, Reddy, B. Jagannadha, Hales, Matt C. (2008) Synthesis and vibrational spectroscopic characterisation of nickel containing aurichalcite. \u003Ci>Polyhedron\u003C\u002Fi>,  27 (3) 1033-1040 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.poly.2007.11.032'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.poly.2007.11.032\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.poly.2007.11.032",{"id":326,"year":322,"html":327,"doi":328},16446599,"Frost, R. L., Locke, A. J., Hales, M. C., Martens, W. N. (2008) Thermal stability of synthetic aurichalcite implications for making mixed metal oxides for use as catalysts. \u003Ci>Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry\u003C\u002Fi>, 94 (1) 203-208 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs10973-007-8634-2'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs10973-007-8634-2\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs10973-007-8634-2",{"id":330,"year":331,"html":332,"doi":333},149199,2014,"Giester, Gerald, Rieck, Branko (2014) Crystal structure refinement of aurichalcite, (Cu, Zn)\u003CSUB>5\u003C\u002FSUB>(CO\u003CSUB>3\u003C\u002FSUB>)\u003CSUB>2\u003C\u002FSUB>(OH)\u003CSUB>6\u003C\u002FSUB>, from the Lavrion Mining District, Greece. \u003Ci>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  191 (2) 225-232 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0077-7757\u002F2014\u002F0258'>doi:10.1127\u002F0077-7757\u002F2014\u002F0258\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0077-7757\u002F2014\u002F0258",{"id":335,"year":336,"html":337,"doi":338},15817271,2023,"Santamaría-Pérez, David, Chuliá-Jordán, Raquel, Otero-de-la-Roza, Alberto, Oliva, Robert, Popescu, Catalin (2023) High-Pressure Experimental and DFT Structural Studies of Aurichalcite Mineral. \u003Ci>Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>, 13 (5) 619 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3390\u002Fmin13050619'>doi:10.3390\u002Fmin13050619\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3390\u002Fmin13050619",[340,350,356,366,370,378,386,394,403,410,417,427,435,443,450,455,464,472,482,490,500,508,515,521,528,535,542,549,558,565,575],{"id":341,"source_url":342,"license_code":343,"credit_html":344,"title":345,"description":346,"author":347,"original_width":348,"original_height":349},2314,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6743906","CC BY-SA 4.0","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6743906\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite79 Mine.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa> with hemimorphite - 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Gila County, \u003Ca href=\"\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" title=\"Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FUSA\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"USA\">USA\u003C\u002Fa> (7x6cm)","Didier Descouens",2449,1765,{"id":351,"source_url":352,"license_code":343,"credit_html":353,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":354,"original_height":355},29180,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F198189","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F198189\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tartu, Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,750,{"id":357,"source_url":358,"license_code":359,"credit_html":360,"title":361,"description":362,"author":363,"original_width":364,"original_height":365},2315,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122076","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122076\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-24456.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FZantigo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Zantigo\">Chilito\u003C\u002Fa>, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGila_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gila County, Arizona\">Gila County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3322.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sparkling balls of needle-like crystals, of a gorgeous blue-green hue, against a contrasting matrix around the rim - from the very desirable old locality of the 79 Mine. 3.9 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",717,720,{"id":367,"source_url":368,"license_code":343,"credit_html":369,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":354,"original_height":355},29181,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61597","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61597\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":371,"source_url":372,"license_code":359,"credit_html":373,"title":374,"description":375,"author":347,"original_width":376,"original_height":377},34305,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6744306","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6744306\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalciteojuela.jpg","Aurichalcite with hemimorphite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico",1888,1351,{"id":379,"source_url":380,"license_code":359,"credit_html":381,"title":382,"description":383,"author":363,"original_width":384,"original_height":385},2317,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444733","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444733\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-azmex28a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FZantigo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Zantigo\">Chilito\u003C\u002Fa>, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGila_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gila County, Arizona\">Gila County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3322.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: cabinet, 9.3 x 9.2 x 5.3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen dates back to Wendell Wilson�s famous find in the early 1970�s. A limestone, probably silicified, acts as the matrix for a druse of quartz and also for a mat of highly lustrous, deep aqua, acicular, aurichalcite. BEAUTIFUL piece! From Les Presmyk. Super color!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",744,800,{"id":387,"source_url":388,"license_code":359,"credit_html":389,"title":390,"description":391,"author":347,"original_width":392,"original_height":393},34306,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6744397","Didier Descouens, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6744397\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalciteescouloubre.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa> - Mine d'Escouloubre, Axat, Aude, France (xx6mm)",3520,2833,{"id":395,"source_url":396,"license_code":343,"credit_html":397,"title":398,"description":399,"author":400,"original_width":401,"original_height":402},2318,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=65894478","Raimond Spekking, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=65894478\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcit-1693.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Dimensions: 2 cm × 2 cm × 1.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Locality: Nevada, USA\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Description: Bright greenish blue efflorescence on matrix from the collection of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fde.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenutzerin:Ra%27ike\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"de:Benutzerin:Ra'ike\">Ra'ike\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Raimond Spekking",5062,3797,{"id":404,"source_url":405,"license_code":343,"credit_html":406,"title":407,"description":399,"author":400,"original_width":408,"original_height":409},2319,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=65894481","Raimond Spekking, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=65894481\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcit-1694.jpg",3637,2728,{"id":411,"source_url":412,"license_code":343,"credit_html":413,"title":414,"description":399,"author":400,"original_width":415,"original_height":416},2320,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=65894487","Raimond Spekking, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=65894487\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcit-1695.jpg",5112,3834,{"id":418,"source_url":419,"license_code":420,"credit_html":421,"title":422,"description":423,"author":424,"original_width":425,"original_height":426},2321,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=157038805","CC BY 2.0","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=157038805\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite (Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mexico) 2.jpg","A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 5900 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003Cp>The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO3-2) anions.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aurichalcite is a scarce zinc copper hydroxycarbonate mineral ((Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6).  It has a nonmetallic luster, a robin's egg blue color, and tends to form small, delicate needle-like crystals.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The rock seen here is iron hydroxy-oxide gossan having a vug of pale bluish aurichalcite needles.  It comes from an oxidized carbonate replacement deposit in Mexico's Ojuela Mine.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, northeastern Durango State, northern Mexico\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of aurichalcite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=422","James St. John",3008,2000,{"id":428,"source_url":429,"license_code":359,"credit_html":430,"title":431,"description":432,"author":363,"original_width":433,"original_height":434},34309,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140391","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140391\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-121018.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FZantigo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Zantigo\">Chilito\u003C\u002Fa>, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGila_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gila County, Arizona\">Gila County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3322.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.9 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Bright blue-green tufts of acicular crystals of the copper-mineral aurichalcite, from the legendary 79 Mine in Arizona. The crystals are like little starbursts of fine needles.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",600,568,{"id":436,"source_url":437,"license_code":359,"credit_html":438,"title":439,"description":440,"author":363,"original_width":441,"original_height":442},34315,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168017","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168017\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-253996.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Cleopatra Mine, Bryant District (Hecla District), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBeaverhead_County,_Montana\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Beaverhead County, Montana\">Beaverhead County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMontana\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montana\">Montana\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-160769.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 10.3 x 6.4 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sparkly, robin’s-egg blue aurichalcite lathes richly cover both sides of the sturdy gossan cabinet matrix on this fine and rare old-time specimen from a very uncommon Montana locale - the Cleopatra Mine in Beaverhead County. Comes with a faded, hand annotated label with a March 1944 date. Ex. Dennis Mullane Collection. I have never seen a specimen from this locality, to be honest. The Mullane collection incorporated an earlier collection of a newspaperman from Butte named Kessler, though, and he had a huge range of early 1900s minerals from obscure (today) western localities.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,326,{"id":444,"source_url":445,"license_code":359,"credit_html":446,"title":447,"description":448,"author":363,"original_width":441,"original_height":449},34316,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168167","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168167\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-255029.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Dos Adriana Mine, Zapallar district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCopiap%C3%B3_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Copiapó Province\">Copiapó Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAtacama_Region\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Atacama Region\">Atacama Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Chile (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-122254.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.4 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Scintillating, gemmy, sea-green aurichalcite needles richly line a very scupltural vug in quartz-rich matrix on this striking and excellent specimen from a much les well-known mine in Chile - the Dos Adriana in Copiapo Province. These are some of the glassiest and brightest aurichalcite needles I have seen from any locality. Excellent material.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",323,{"id":451,"source_url":452,"license_code":359,"credit_html":453,"title":454,"description":383,"author":363,"original_width":442,"original_height":441},34318,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444734","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444734\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-azmex28b.jpg",{"id":456,"source_url":457,"license_code":343,"credit_html":458,"title":459,"description":460,"author":461,"original_width":462,"original_height":463},34319,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83001790","Tiit Hunt, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83001790\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Estonian Museum of Natural History Specimen No 189578 photo (g285 g285-26 jpg).jpg","\"aurikaltsiit\". More info \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61597\">about this file\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Fspecimen\u002F189578\">about this specimen\u003C\u002Fa> at \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002F\">geocollections.info\u003C\u002Fa>","Tiit Hunt",1600,1200,{"id":465,"source_url":466,"license_code":420,"credit_html":467,"title":468,"description":469,"author":424,"original_width":470,"original_height":471},34320,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=111293887","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=111293887\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite in gossan (probably Mexico) 2.jpg","A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 5700 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003Cp>The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO3-2) anions.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aurichalcite is a scarce zinc copper hydroxycarbonate mineral ((Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6).  It has a nonmetallic luster, a robin's egg blue color, and tends to form small, delicate needle-like crystals.  The specimen seen here is reddish-brown colored, iron hydroxy-oxide gossan having vugs with aurichalcite needles.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: unrecorded (but probably Mexico; if so, possibly from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, northeastern Durango State, northern Mexico; the Ojuela Mine has an oxidized carbonate replacement deposit)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of aurichalcite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=422",3513,2291,{"id":473,"source_url":474,"license_code":475,"credit_html":476,"title":477,"description":478,"author":479,"original_width":480,"original_height":481},34304,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6048306","Public domain","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=6048306\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Auricalcite, hemimorphite, goethite.jpg","aurichalcite, hemimorphite, goethite : San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico","Géry PARENT",4288,2848,{"id":483,"source_url":484,"license_code":359,"credit_html":485,"title":486,"description":487,"author":363,"original_width":488,"original_height":489},2316,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444435","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10444435\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-Calcite-aur13d.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Ojuela Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMapim%C3%AD\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mapimí\">Mapimí\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMapim%C3%AD_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mapimí (municipality)\">Municipio de Mapimí\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDurango\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Durango\">Durango\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2318.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.3 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Aurichalcite in Calcite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sitting high on a limonite matrix are tabular rhombs of glassy and translucent, calcite, to 1.2 cm across. These rhombs have been heavily include by fibrous aurichalcite resulting in a beautiful, rich teal coloration. Very aesthetic!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",1682,1358,{"id":491,"source_url":492,"license_code":493,"credit_html":494,"title":495,"description":496,"author":497,"original_width":498,"original_height":499},34307,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9989754","CC BY 3.0","Corie Mattar, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=9989754\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite and Hemimorphite - Blue Bell claims, Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa> (pale blue) and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHemimorphite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hemimorphite\">Hemimorphite\u003C\u002Fa> (colorless)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Blue Bell claims (Hard Luck claims), Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Original description: Beautifully colored aurichalcite crystals nestled in among varied hemimorphite crystals - FOV approx 2.5cm wide and 4 cm tall\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Corie Mattar",798,1024,{"id":501,"source_url":502,"license_code":359,"credit_html":503,"title":504,"description":505,"author":363,"original_width":506,"original_height":507},34308,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10130130","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10130130\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-Quartz-40650.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FZantigo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Zantigo\">Chilito\u003C\u002Fa>, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGila_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gila County, Arizona\">Gila County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3322.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A beautiful and aesthetic Arizona aurichalcite specimen from the famous 79 Mine in Gila County. Clusters of radiating turquoise-blue aurichalcite needles rest on sparkly, quartz on matrix. This piece may be from the famous late 60s-early 70s find by Mineralogical Record publisher Wendell Wilson, generally considered to be the finest in the world for the species. 6.8 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",467,650,{"id":509,"source_url":510,"license_code":359,"credit_html":511,"title":512,"description":513,"author":363,"original_width":433,"original_height":514},34310,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153484","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153484\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-Hemimorphite-181575.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHemimorphite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hemimorphite\">Hemimorphite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FZantigo\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Zantigo\">Chilito\u003C\u002Fa>, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGila_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gila County, Arizona\">Gila County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3322.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.9 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fine specimen of velvety balls of aurichalcite on a field of sparkly hemimorphite - old classic 79 Mine material. Ex. Stoudt Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",370,{"id":516,"source_url":517,"license_code":359,"credit_html":518,"title":519,"description":513,"author":363,"original_width":441,"original_height":520},34311,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153486","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153486\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-Hemimorphite-181576.jpg",366,{"id":522,"source_url":523,"license_code":359,"credit_html":524,"title":525,"description":526,"author":363,"original_width":433,"original_height":527},34312,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161126","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161126\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-Rosasite-214746.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRosasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rosasite\">Rosasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Ojuela Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMapim%C3%AD\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mapimí\">Mapimí\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMapim%C3%AD_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mapimí (municipality)\">Municipio de Mapimí\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDurango\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Durango\">Durango\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2318.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.9 x 9.1 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A lovely specimen of velvety acicular aurichalcite with rosasite, on a limonite matrix. The tiny needle-like crystals richly carpet the matrix in beautiful blue-green color, and cover the little rosasite balls. Dramatic and rich, old classic. Ex. Consie Prince Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",584,{"id":529,"source_url":530,"license_code":359,"credit_html":531,"title":532,"description":533,"author":363,"original_width":534,"original_height":355},34313,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164412","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164412\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Smithsonite-Aurichalcite-235286.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSmithsonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Smithsonite\">Smithsonite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kelly Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMagdalena_District,_Chachapoyas\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Magdalena District, Chachapoyas\">Magdalena District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSocorro_County,_New_Mexico\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Socorro County, New Mexico\">Socorro County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNew_Mexico\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:New Mexico\">New Mexico\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3986.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.0 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A classic, beautiful combination specimen from the Kelly Mine of New Mexico. Tiny, sparkly and gemmy, \"rice-grain\" smithsonite crystals are peppered on the banded, botryoidal, powder-blue aurichalcite that covers the gossan matrix crust. A really neat bonus feature on the backside are the rice-grain smithsonite crystals embedded in the starkly contrasting gossan matrix. Older material, 1960s or early 1970s material. Ex. Mullane Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",681,{"id":536,"source_url":537,"license_code":359,"credit_html":538,"title":539,"description":540,"author":363,"original_width":541,"original_height":441},34314,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166883","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166883\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-Rosasite-249249.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRosasite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rosasite\">Rosasite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Ojuela Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMapim%C3%AD\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mapimí\">Mapimí\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMapim%C3%AD_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mapimí (municipality)\">Municipio de Mapimí\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDurango\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Durango\">Durango\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2318.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 11.5 x 9.9 x 5.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A remarkable, richly crystallized cabinet aurichalcite specimen from the Mina Ojuela of Mexico. Radiating clusters of glassy, beautiful turquoise-blue aurichalcite needles fill the sculptural, vuggy, limonite matrix. Green rosasite coats some of the aurichalcite on the upper-left and lower-right side fringe. An added bonus is more aurichalcite in a vug on the side of this outstanding old-time specimen. The Scott Williams label with the piece indicates the piece was acquired in February, 1960. As stated in the aurichalcite section, pp. 55-56 of the Mineralogical Record Mexico Special Issue II, Vol 34, No. 5, Sept.-Oct., 2003: \"Aurichalcite in beautiful specimens is one of the signature minerals of the Ojuela Mine.\"; and \"No aurichalcite specimens remotely comparable to these early ones (1950s and 60s) have been found in the Ojuela mine since the mid-1960s; it is a rare mineral on the market today.\"\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",399,{"id":543,"source_url":544,"license_code":359,"credit_html":545,"title":546,"description":547,"author":363,"original_width":433,"original_height":548},34317,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175618","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10175618\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite-Plattnerite-Limonite-70805.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPlattnerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Plattnerite\">Plattnerite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLimonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Limonite\">Limonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMapim%C3%AD\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mapimí\">Mapimí\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMapim%C3%AD_(municipality)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mapimí (municipality)\">Municipio de Mapimí\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDurango\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Durango\">Durango\u003C\u002Fa>, Mexico (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-22316.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Look at the beautiful patterns of snowflake-like plattnerite against a backdrop of deep green aurichalcite on this limonite matrix! A rich and pretty old Mapimi combo specimen! 7.9 x 7.9 x 4.9 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",563,{"id":550,"source_url":551,"license_code":420,"credit_html":552,"title":553,"description":554,"author":555,"original_width":556,"original_height":557},10348,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=96474595","Grand Canyon National Park, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=96474595\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Grand Canyon National Park Aurichalcite & Smithsonite (6214787206).jpg","\u003Cp>GRCA_108404_\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While Grand Canyon is most famous for vast views of towering cliffs, it holds additional geologic treasures, some as tiny as the delicate blue-green needles of a grandviewite crystal.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Pete Berry and partners developed the Grandview Mine from two mining claims filed in 1890. The Grandview Trail was built in 1892-1893 to service the mine to haul ore out of the canyon by pack train. The ore consisted mostly of copper sulfate minerals including cyanotrichite, brochantite, and chalcoalumite, along with copper carbonates such as azurite and malachite. Like many historic mines in Grand Canyon, including the Orphan Mine, the mineralized zone is in a breccia pipe, which is a cylindrical mass of highly fractured rock. In the Grand Canyon region, breccia pipes formed from the collapse of solution caverns in the Redwall Limestone. The highly porous brecciated rock in these features was mineralized by copper- and\u002For uranium-bearing fluids.  Learn more here:  <a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nps.gov\u002Fgrca\u002Fnaturescience\u002Fcynsk-v25.htm\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nps.gov\u002Fgrca\u002Fnaturescience\u002Fcynsk-v25.htm\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.nps.gov\u002Fgrca\u002Fnaturescience\u002Fcynsk-v25.htm<\u002Fa>\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nNPS photo by Michael Quinn","Grand Canyon National Park",3166,2616,{"id":559,"source_url":560,"license_code":359,"credit_html":561,"title":562,"description":563,"author":363,"original_width":433,"original_height":564},33363,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144445","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144445\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Azurite-Antlerite-Aurichalcite-142220.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAzurite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Azurite\">Azurite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAntlerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Antlerite\">Antlerite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAurichalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aurichalcite\">Aurichalcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Gunsight Pass, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHelvetia\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Helvetia\">Helvetia\u003C\u002Fa>, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPima_County,_Arizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pima County, Arizona\">Pima County\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FArizona\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Arizona\">Arizona\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-159533.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 11.4 x 9.6 x 5.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Not the most beautiful specimen, but a really interesting combo specimen from a lesser-known locality with 3 different copper minerals present: azurite, antlerite (Copper Sulfate Hydroxide), which is the green mineral, and aurichalcite, the blue-green mineral towards the bottom. They have been deposited (grown, in the case of the azurite micro-crystals) in recesses in an iron-rich, limonitic matrix.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",469,{"id":566,"source_url":567,"license_code":568,"credit_html":569,"title":570,"description":571,"author":572,"original_width":573,"original_height":574},68911,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118198825","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118198825\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Aurichalcite with Murdochite (48603404517).jpg","\u003Cp>Ojuela Mine - Mapimi\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nDurango, Mexico","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",6000,4000,{"id":576,"source_url":577,"license_code":578,"credit_html":579,"title":580,"description":581,"author":582,"original_width":583,"original_height":237},68919,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=163474515","CC0 1.0","Darla Sondrol, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=163474515\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Murdochite with aurichalcite (GeoDIL number - 55).jpg","This specimen is from the oxidized part of a copper deposit. The dark black-orange mineral is murchochite, a lead-copper oxide that contains chlorine and bromine. The green fibrous mineral is aurichalcite, a zinc-copper carbonate hydroxide. White quartz is also present.","Darla Sondrol",2080,[585],{"id":586,"url":587,"label":588,"formula":589,"spacegroup":590,"year":291},1090,"\u002Fcif\u002F1090.cif","Harding 1994","Cu2 Zn3 (O12 C2) H6","P 1 21\u002Fm 1",[592,593,594,595,596,597,598,599,600,601,602,603,604,605,606,607,608,609],"Auricalcocita","Aurichalcita","Aurichalcitt","Blue Calamine","Buratit","Buratita","Buratite","Calamine verdâtre","Kupferzincblüthe","Messingblüthe","Messingit","Messingite","Mine de Laiton","Mine de Laiton de Pise en Toscane","Orichalcit","Orichalcite","Risseit","Risséite",[611,616,620,624,630,635,639,643,647,651,655,659,662,666,670,674,678,682,686,690,693,697,701,704,707,711,714,718,721,724,727,731,734,737],{"lang":612,"names":613},"ar",[614,615],"أوريكالسيت","الأورنشينشت",{"lang":617,"names":618},"bg",[619],"Аурихалцит",{"lang":621,"names":622},"ca",[623],"auricalcita",{"lang":625,"names":626},"de",[627,596,628,629,602,606,608],"Aurichalcit","Kupferzinkblüte","Messingblüte",{"lang":631,"names":632},"el",[633,634],"Αουριχαλκίτης","Ωριχαλκίτης",{"lang":636,"names":637},"es",[638],"Auricalcita",{"lang":640,"names":641},"et",[642],"aurikaltsiit",{"lang":644,"names":645},"eu",[646],"Aurikaltzita",{"lang":648,"names":649},"fa",[650],"اوری کلسیت",{"lang":652,"names":653},"fi",[654],"Aurikalsiitti",{"lang":656,"names":657},"fr",[658,7,598,599,603,607,609],"Auricalcite",{"lang":660,"names":661},"gl",[638],{"lang":663,"names":664},"it",[658,665],"Fiore d'ottone",{"lang":667,"names":668},"ja",[669],"水亜鉛銅鉱",{"lang":671,"names":672},"mk",[673],"аурихалцит",{"lang":675,"names":676},"mn",[677],"Аурихальцит",{"lang":679,"names":680},"nb",[681],"aurichalsitt",{"lang":683,"names":684},"nl",[685],"aurichalciet",{"lang":687,"names":688},"nn",[681,689],"Aurikalkitt",{"lang":691,"names":692},"oc",[638],{"lang":694,"names":695},"pl",[696],"Aurichalcyt",{"lang":698,"names":699},"ro",[700],"auricalcit",{"lang":702,"names":703},"ru",[619,677],{"lang":705,"names":706},"sk",[627],{"lang":708,"names":709},"sr",[710,673],"Аурикалцит",{"lang":712,"names":713},"sr-ec",[710],{"lang":715,"names":716},"sr-el",[717],"Aurikalcit",{"lang":719,"names":720},"sv",[717],{"lang":722,"names":723},"uk",[677],{"lang":725,"names":726},"vi",[627],{"lang":728,"names":729},"zh",[730],"绿铜锌矿",{"lang":732,"names":733},"zh-cn",[730],{"lang":735,"names":736},"zh-hans",[730],{"lang":738,"names":739},"zh-hant",[740],"綠銅鋅礦","Q410369",{"history":743,"applications":747},{"markdown":744,"model_version":745,"prompt_version":746,"reviewed_at":11},"Aurichalcite carries the ancient name of brass. The Greeks called the yellow alloy of copper and zinc **oreichalkos** — literally *mountain copper*. The Romans Latinised the word as *aurichalcum*, and French mineralogists later glossed the same idea as *cuivre de Corinthe*, Corinthian copper.\n\nIn 1839, the German chemist Th. Böttger picked up that classical thread for a then-new mineral[1]. The pale blue-green crusts he was describing were a basic carbonate of zinc and copper — the two metals that together make brass. Naming the mineral **aurichalcite** was a pun in mineralogical Latin. The ancient word for the alloy now labelled the mineral whose chemistry yielded the alloy's constituents.\n\nThe type locality lies in the Altai of southern Siberia. It is the Loktevskoye Mine on the Upper Loktevka River, in Altai Krai, Russia[2]. Like most aurichalcite finds since, it came from the weathered upper part of a zinc-copper orebody. There, descending rainwater had altered the primary sulfide ore into a suite of brightly coloured secondary minerals. The mineral has no medieval or ancient story of its own — the Greek word lent its name, not its history.","claude-opus-4-7","1.7.0",{"markdown":748,"model_version":745,"prompt_version":746,"reviewed_at":11},"Aurichalcite has no industrial career to speak of. It is, at best, a very minor ore of zinc and copper[1]. Where it forms, it sits alongside far more important zinc minerals — smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite — and rides into the smelter with them[1]. No operation targets aurichalcite on its own.\n\nWhat aurichalcite is valued for is the cabinet. Its silky pale blue-green tufts and acicular sprays — *acicular* meaning needle-shaped — are sought by collectors. The mineral is also a useful field signpost. Wherever it crusts a rock, the weathered upper part of a zinc-copper orebody is not far away."]