Detailed information
Species
Hemimorphite
Dimensions
73 x 64 x 33
mm
Locality
Banner District Dripping Spring Mountains Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Condition
No recorded repairs
Botryoidal, powder blue Hemimorphite coats both sides of a flattened sandy coloured matrix from the Banner District of Dripping Spring Mountains in Gila County, Arizona. The small botryoidal mounds are formed from curved cockscomb tabular Hemimorphite crystals to about 3 mm wide, these forming a pervasive crystallised druse over both upper and lower surfaces of a thin matrix of altered limestone. The Hemimorphite also forms as distinct ridges on each surface, greatly adding to its three-dimensional form.