Linarite on Quartz
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Blanchard Mines, Socorro County, Hansonburg District, Bingham, New Mexico
- Minerals
- Linarite, Quartz
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 19.0 x 7.0 cm
- Size class
- Large Cabinet
- SID
- SM242
A rare in size, large display (9-inch wide) specimen with electric blue color linarite crystals covering a good portion of one surface of the quartz matrix. On the back side is a 2-1/2 inch wide vug filled with flat barite crystals covered with druze quartz and a few more linarites. Classic New Mexico material.