Linarite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Blue Bell Mine, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
- Minerals
- Linarite
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 10 x 5.5 cm
- Size class
- Large Cabinet
- SID
- ZZ100
Large specimen loaded with deep blue Linarite and lighter blue/green Chrysocolla and possibly Caledonite. From MINDAT: 'The Blue Bell mine (also known as Blue Bell claims and Hard Luck mine) has been mined since 1885 mainly for lead and silver, with minor copper, zinc and gold. In the 1950s the first mineral specimens of linarite, caledonite and leadhillite started showing up, but the site gained wide recognition with John Crowley’s article in Mineralogical Record in 1977'. Large and colorful specimen.