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Bayldonite

Bayldonite is a copper-lead arsenate occurring in the oxidation zone of copper-bearing deposits and is named after English physician John Bayldon. It forms green, yellow-green, dark green to green-black, subtranslucent crystals with a resinous luster. More commonly, it occurs as massive, fine granular to powdery and also as crusts and minute mammillary aggregates with a radial fibrous structure. At Tsumeb, bayldonite forms a beautifully contrasting rich green background for other colorful secondary minerals such as azurite. It is found abundantly associated with azurite, mimetite, cerussite, anglesite, malachite, olivenite, duftite, schultenite, and beudantite at the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia; Dioulasso, Allier, France; and at the Frijole prospect, Santa Rita Co., Arizona, USA; and Penberthy Croft mine, St Hilary, Mount's Bay district, Cornwall, England, UK, the type locality.

You can buy these rare green crystals online from The Arkenstone, www.iRocks.com to add fine mineral specimens to your collection.

Malachite ps. Azurite, on Bayldonite ps. Mimetite
TUC17A-12
Malachite ps. Azurite, on Bayldonite ps. Mimetite
$2,750.00
Small Cabinet, 6.3 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
1st oxide zone circa 1900, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
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Cornwallite with Bayldonite
PMRARE15-048
Cornwallite with Bayldonite
Miniature, 3.5 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
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Bayldonite Pseudo. After Mimetite
J11T-155
Bayldonite Pseudo. After Mimetite
Miniature, 3.4 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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Azurite on Bayldonite
LTH-33
Azurite on Bayldonite
Miniature, 3.3 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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Cerussite, Bayldonite
MD-122945
Cerussite, Bayldonite
Small Cabinet, 7.3 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite, Galena, Quartz
MD-255021
Bayldonite, Galena, Quartz
Miniature, 5.0 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Brandy Gill Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK
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Bayldonite, Quartz
MD-150451
Bayldonite, Quartz
Small Cabinet, 7.5 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Wheal Carpenter, Fraddam, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
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Bayldonite, Mimetite
MD-174143
Bayldonite, Mimetite
Miniature, 4.4 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite
MD-173845
Bayldonite
Miniature, 5.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite
MD-173815
Bayldonite
Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite
MD-173844
Bayldonite
Cabinet, 13.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite, Mimetite
MD-119974
Bayldonite, Mimetite
Small Cabinet, 5.8 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite, Calcite
MD-55563
Bayldonite, Calcite
Thumbnail, 6.2 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite
MD-36986
Bayldonite
Miniature, 4.1 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite
MD-54294
Bayldonite
Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Azurite, Malachite, Bayldonite, Olivenite
MD-256798
Azurite, Malachite, Bayldonite, Olivenite
Cabinet, 12.0 x 10.0 x 4.8 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Azurite, Cerussite, Bayldonite
MD-247635
Azurite, Cerussite, Bayldonite
Miniature, 5.0 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Azurite, Malachite, Bayldonite
MD-238891
Azurite, Malachite, Bayldonite
Small Cabinet, 8.5 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Azurite, Bayldonite
MD-216433
Azurite, Bayldonite
Small Cabinet, 6.9 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Azurite, Bayldonite, Malachite
MD-207323
Azurite, Bayldonite, Malachite
Miniature, 4.1 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Azurite, Malachite, Bayldonite
MD-147006
Azurite, Malachite, Bayldonite
Small Cabinet, 5.6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Azurite, Bayldonite
MD-37835
Azurite, Bayldonite
Thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
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Arsentsumebite, Azurite, Bayldonite
MD-234878
Arsentsumebite, Azurite, Bayldonite
Miniature, 4.2 x 3.1 x 1.5 cm
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
(1 more images)
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Bayldonite
T08-69
Bayldonite
Cabinet, 9.6 x 6.2 x 5.5 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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Azurite on Bayldonite
OLDEURO-13
Azurite on Bayldonite
Small Cabinet, 8.5 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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Bayldonite Ps. Mimetite
RARE08-2-52
Bayldonite Ps. Mimetite
Miniature, 3.8 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(1 more images)
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