BLUE HEMIMORPHITE FROM CHINA

This older stock Hemimorphite from Wenshan Mine, Wenshan County, Yunnan, China has a great blue color with its matrix contrast to compliment. As you can find on the internet " It has two different terminations on each side of the crystal, hence the inclusion of the greek terms "hemi", meaning half, and "morph", meaning shape. The crystal formations can range anywhere between a crystal druze or botryoidal formation to radiating acicular crystals and more " This one showing off that botryoidal style of growth. 

This piece measures approximately 11 cm x 5.2 cm 4.5 cm and is surprisingly heavy for it's size.