Brochantite, Blockade Mine, Queensland

Mineral Matters #395

This week’s Facebook Mineral of the Week Group’s selected theme is the minerals linarite, caledonite and brochantite.

This is a very nice brochantite specimen from the Blockade Mine, Queensland, collected by the late Bernie Day. The Blockade Mine is a small copper pit about halfway between Cloncurry and Mount Isa.

Below: Brochantite, Blockade Mine, Rosebud Station, Mount Isa District, Queensland. Width of view 3.5mm.