Copper in Gypsum - Arizona, USA Australian minerals This Phenakite is a true

This Phenakite is a true rarity: exceptionally bright

bouquet-like aggregates and display remarkable structural stability despite their fine and filigree growth

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White sprays and stars of willemite on brownish matrix

Copper in Gypsum - Arizona, USA Australian minerals This Phenakite is a trueThis 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,