Yvonite (RARE - Type Locality), Pushcharovskite & Geminite on Native Bismuth (RARE combo) Matioli Coll.

Salsigne mine, Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm
Start Time: 05/07/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/14/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An intriguing, super-rare and colorful combination from this closed open pit gold mine from the Matioli Collection. Yvonite is an ultra-rare hydrated copper arsenate and this is the Type Locality. Pushcharovskite and geminite are also super-rare hydrated arsenates. Turquoise-blue yvonite richly covers the flat mounded slab of RARE for the locale, hefty native bismuth. Micro light green pushcharovskite crystals and micro light green acicular geminite crystals are scattered on the piece. Value of such a RARE combintion???

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