Copper in Gypsum - Arizona, USA Australian minerals it’s valued for restoring vitality

it’s valued for restoring vitality

This Phenakite is a true rarity: exceptionally bright

with individual crystals up to about 5 cm across

but the surface has completely healed

White sprays and stars of willemite on brownish matrix

Copper in Gypsum - Arizona, USA Australian minerals it’s valued for restoring vitalityThis specimen represents a truly remarkable and likely near unique occurrence on a global scale: delicate, rich developed copper dendrites intricately embedded within a gypsum crystal. Mineralogically, we are observing a transparent to translucent gypsum crystal that has served as a growth medium for native copper, which has crystallized in fine, branching dendritic structures. Unlike typical manganese or iron dendrites that merely stain surfaces,