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JNZ20-01
Smithsonite on Aurichalcite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Ex. Irv Brown
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Kelly Mine smithsonites are reknowned for the robin's egg blue color and botryoidal balls, of which this is a classic style with the best color you can ask for. As a bonus, it is perched on darker blue aurichalcite. Truly fine specimens are actually quite rare in thumbnail size. I feel that during the peak times of the mine, people were not focused on recovering thumbnails, but also most thumbnails are just single knobs of smithsonite, whereas this is a really balanced cluster on matrix.