20RC02M Hemimorphite
Mfouati Area, Bouenza Dept., Republic of Congo
13.5x 9.5x 4.8 cm
$1600
Among the interesting new finds from Congo are several habits of hemimorphite. Most come from various workings in the same general area, and the appearance varies from plates that are nearly identical to the botryoidal blue material from Wenshan, China, to clusters of white radiating crystals that look similar to the Ojuela material, only more robust.
The best pieces combine both a light blue color, and actual crystals. I was not able to get many of these-- white was considerably more common, as were the botryoidal blue examples. But, crystalline blue examples were particularly hard to come by. This is the best piece I could get.
