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Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

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Multiple photos availableAntlerite : Cu3[(OH)4|SO4]

Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

41 x 35 x 23 mm specimen of nearly solid antlerite with limonite stain. Crystals up to 15 mm long. Detail and reverse side views included. RFC M1840.
 © 2007 Michael C. RoarkePhoto ID: 133673    View Count: 168

Aragonite : CaCO3

Daylight Mine (York Mine), Daylight-Narragansett Mines (Narragansett-Daylight Mines), Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

7 cm wide
 © Dan WeinrichPhoto ID: 23498    View Count: 390

Aurichalcite : (Zn,Cu)5[(OH)3|CO3]2, Calcite : CaCO3

Omega Mine (Omega Tunnel; Omega Extension), Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Blue-green hemispherical aurichalcite crystals up to 1 mm on white calcite crystal-lined matrix. Nice colorful specimen from a little-collected locality. No damage. Overall size of mineral specimen: 7x5x4 cm. Size of individual crystals: 1 mm.
 © 2002 John H. BettsPhoto ID: 4629    View Count: 527

Aurichalcite : (Zn,Cu)5[(OH)3|CO3]2

Exile and King claims (King-Exile group; King-Exile Mine group; Exile King Mine; King in Exile Mine), Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Aurichalcite crystal cluster. 20x micro photo, field of view 4.25mm, Dionne collection.
 © Dick DionnePhoto ID: 29648    View Count: 385

Aurichalcite : (Zn,Cu)5[(OH)3|CO3]2, Calcite : CaCO3

Omega Mine (Omega Tunnel; Omega Extension), Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

4.7 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm. Powder-blue spherical aggregates of light blue aurichalcite, mixed with stark white bladed calcite crystals. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 230124    View Count: 27

Azurite : Cu3[OH|CO3]2

Omega Mine (Omega Tunnel; Omega Extension), Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Azurite crystals with quartz. 30x micro photo, field of view 3mm. Dionne collection.
 © Dick DionnePhoto ID: 29821    View Count: 296

Azurite : Cu3[OH|CO3]2

Omega Mine (Omega Tunnel; Omega Extension), Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Azurite crystals. 30x micro photo, field of view 3mm. Dionne collection.
 © Dick DionnePhoto ID: 29822    View Count: 246

Azurite : Cu3[OH|CO3]2

Old Dick Mine (American Mine), Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Single deep blue transparent .7mm. bent xl. R.D.Green collection and photo.
 © R.D.GreenPhoto ID: 53416    View Count: 240

Azurite : Cu3[OH|CO3]2, Malachite : Cu2[(OH)2|CO3]

Old Dick Mine (American Mine), Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Single dark blue azurite xl. surrounded by sprays of malachite. Field of view, .2mm. R.D.Green collection and photo.
 © R.D.GreenPhoto ID: 53415    View Count: 161

Multiple photos availableAzurite : Cu3[OH|CO3]2, Antlerite : Cu3[(OH)4|SO4], Aurichalcite : (Zn,Cu)5[(OH)3|CO3]2

Gunsight Pass, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

11.4 x 9.6 x 5.4 cm. Not the most beautiful specimen, but a really interesting combo specimen from a lesser-known locality with 3 different copper minerals present: azurite, antlerite (Copper Sulfate Hydroxide), which is the green mineral, and aurichalcite, the blue-green mineral towards the bottom. They have been deposited (grown, in the case of ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 142220    View Count: 120
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