Copper pseudomorph after Azurite ("Copper Rose") Baryte showy display piece featuring arborescent

showy display piece featuring arborescent

This discovery stands as one of the most impressive and important discoveries

this is a great hard to find reference specimen from this classic Colorado locality

colorless Hyalite Opal (“Blood Vessel Opal”) which are included with small amounts of iron oxide to create the thin reddish-orange “blood vessel”-like lines that not only give the piece color

The termination transitions into a soft pinkish hue and then makes a dramatic shift into a dark golden/reddish-brown to a nearly black hue

Copper pseudomorph after Azurite ("Copper Rose") Baryte showy display piece featuring arborescentThis is a very nice thumbnail sized "floater" pseudomorph of Copper after Azurite (commonly called a "Copper Rose") featuring several notably sharp, well formed, broad bladed crystals on all sides. The piece is complete and undamaged all around and the lovely antique patina on the surface gives it character. A great representation of these unique classic specimens from New Mexico. These specimens are some of my favorite minerals in the world. They are