#79 mine

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Blue-green carpet of fibrous acicular aurichalcite ((Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6) on gray matrix.  From 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Gila County, Arizona, USA

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Rare blue chrysocolla (Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O) pseudomorph after hemimorphite. Size in mm: 50 x 25 x 20.  From 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA. 

[emeraldcityminerals]

Clusters acicular aurichalcite ((Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6) crystals, from 3 - 4 mm, with an intense blue-green color. Overall size in mm: 50 x 2 x 1.  From 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA

[emeraldcityminerals]

Delicate sprays of acicular blue-green aurichalcite ((Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6) on matrix. From the 79 Mine, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

[emeraldcityminerals]

Blue green chrysocolla pseudomorph after hemimorphite (Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O,). From 79 Mine, Hayden area, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona.  Increasing magnification.

[hematitehearts]

Wulfenite

Locality:79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co. Arizona Size:  2.8 x 1.8 CM

[emeraldcityminerals]

Boitroidal dark green spheres of rosasite ((Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2) surrounded by transparent hemimorphite (Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O,).  From 79 Mine, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona

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Wulfenite on hemimorphite from the 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona