ARHBARITE, El Guanaco gold mine, 93 km east of Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Chile

Electric blue botryoidal lining small vugs with quite small green conichalcite druses and balls in quartz matrix in which is embedded sparse to abundant xln/mssv black enargite. 

First discovered in Morocco, this is only the second known locality for this copper arsenate.

A) sold
B) sold

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C) above left and right

A thumbnail with an 8mm vug on one side and more arhbarite on the other - rich!

25x25x14mm, $75

D) sold

E) sold

F) Good representative arhbarite specimens, TN-miniature sizes, in the 35-45mm range, quite pretty botryoidal arhbarite in small vugs, best appreciated with low magnification. $40 each

G) Micromounts, modest to superb, only a few available, at $10, $15, and $25

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