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MD-219242
Smithsonite
79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Small Cabinet, 5.9 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
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This is a specimen of the distinctive "apple green" smithsonite the 79 Mine was famous for back in the day. It became almost impossible to get, and then over the past decade, a couple of miners went back into the old works and got a modest trickle of new specimens back into the market. I do not know if this specimen is from the original or newer finds.