Detailed information
Dimensions
48 x 60 x 24
mm
Weight
72 g
Locality
New Cornelia Mine Ajo, Ajo District, Pima Co. Arizona, USA
Condition
No recorded repairs
For a species only known from a handful of localities worldwide, and for a specimen from the Type Locality, this Papagoite is a really eye-catching bright and colourful display piece. This copper calcium aluminosilicate hydroxide was first described from New Cornelia mine in the Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona in 1960, as cerulean blue bladed crystals in veinlets cutting through host rock. With a nearly 5 x 5 cm display surface (a veinlet split down the middle) covered in bright blue crystallized Papagoite and with small individual bladed crystals in a few pockets this is a very rich display of this very rare species. Ex Paul Matt.
