#conichalcite

[theoldbone]

Agardite-(Nd), Conichalcite, Big 3 Mine, Nevada, photo by Antonio Nazario

[transparentfossil]

4.55" Forest Green Conichalcite on Chrysocolla - Namibia

[vugnasmineralblog]

Conichalcite Psm Azurite Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece

[splashing-water]

Arhbarite with light green Conichalcite

[emeraldcityminerals]

Vivid green carpet of conichalcite (CaCu(AsO4)(OH)) on matrix. From Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

[earthstory]

Agardite and conichalcite

Micromounting is the collection of photogenic minerals that can only be seen under the microscope. We did an article promoting the advantages of such a collection in terms of storage, cost and transport at http://tinyurl.com/kzlp9ky. They often display perfection of colour and crystal habit unthinkable in macro scale crystals at anything less than thousands of dollars. Great specimens can be found for yourself in abandoned mines.

Unlike the specimen in the post linked above, which evokes visions of fire, the wonder in this photo evokes a marine scene, with sea urchins that formed in the oxidised zone of a rare earth bearing oxidised zone of a copper ore deposit. Yellow green crystals of the rare earth hydrated arsenate mineral agardite have formed on top of tufts of bright blue needles of the calcium copper arsenate mineral conichalcite. The specimen comes from the Imperial Mine in Nevada and the field of view is 4.5mm.

Loz

Image credit: Yaiba Sakaguchi http://www.mindat.org/min-46.html http://www.galleries.com/minerals/phosphat/agardite/agardite.htm http://www.dakotamatrix.com/mineralpedia/4894/agardite-la http://www.mindat.org/min-1119.html http://www.galleries.com/Conichalcite http://www.dakotamatrix.com/mineralpedia/5864/conichalcite

[thebsayraduka]

Chalcedony - A Fusion Through Love

Not quite like Garnet but still just as strong X'3 Plus their fusion is far larger (about Sugelite's size X'D) I finally got their fusion posted HOLY SHITE! There was one detail I was debating whether or not to keep on them but I decided against it since it stuck out WAY too much. Ah well >w<' Conichalcite, Tourmaline, and Chalcedony belong to MEH D8 Steven Universe belongs to Rebecca Sugar

[underthescopemineral]

Dioptase, Chrysocolla, Conichalcite        

CuSiO3·H2O,

Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O,

CaCuAsO4(OH),

Locality:

Cobra Mine, Pampa Nazca, Ica Department, Peru

Field of View: 4 mm

 The green opaque tips on the largest dioptase crystals look to be due to a second, included mineral. On chrysocolla and there is minor conichalcite on the specimen as well.

Tony Peterson's Photo