Dioptase with Hemimorphite

specimen number:
2354245

location:
Blue Bell Claims, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

description:
Green micro crystalline and massive dioptase across this matrix with micro hemimorphite. Good reference example for the species and locality.

Located in the Soda Mountains of the Mojave Desert within San Bernardino County, California, the Blue Bell Mine area features complex geological formations consisting largely of highly altered carbonate and siliceous hornfels rocks. Historically operated as an underground metal mine targeting lead, copper, and silver resources since the late nineteenth century, the site has gained modern renown among mineralogists and advanced collectors. It is celebrated as a type locality for rare secondary copper and iodate micro-minerals, drawing specialized specimen collectors who explore its historic dumps and underground adits for unique crystal associations.

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