The color green has a magical effect on people! And there are no esoteric meanings or subtexts in this - this is a simple reality, green is the color of life, the color of fresh spring foliage that trees dress in after a period of cold weather, the color of grass...
These associations give rise to an attraction to green stones in people’s hearts!
The most favorite stones of most people are emerald, malachite, jade, jadeite, garnets (tsavorite, uvarovite) also of green, attractive shade in its most varied variations.
But how many beautiful green minerals, unknown to most people, are hidden in the depths of the Earth! I suggest you get to know them better; today I have chosen 15 wonderful minerals for you!
Smithsonite
A fairly common mineral of the carbonate class, zinc carbonate. It was named after James Smithson, a British mineralogist and chemist, founder of the Smithsonian Institution in the USA, who pointed out the differences between this mineral and hemimorphite. The green variety is sometimes called herrerite, and the blue-green variety is sometimes called bonamite.
A funny formation of smithsonite in the form of green raspberries.
Austinite
Austinite [basic calcium and zinc arsenate, Ca,Zn(AsO4)(OH)] crystallizes in the orthorhombic system as yellowish-white or bright green, transparent or translucent, thin, elongated prisms or radial, fibrous aggregates and nodules. It has a Mohs hardness of 4,0-4,5, good cleavage in one direction, and a greasy to silky luster.
Tseynerit
Radioactive!! Do you think this confuses collectors? Not at all.
Apophyllite
Mineral, sodium and calcium silicate of complex composition. The term "apophyllite" is applicable to a whole group of similar minerals, including fluorapophyllite, hydroxyapophyllite and natroapophyllite.
Arturite
Samples of this mineral are very tiny, the pictures were taken with multiple magnification, but the color and shape are very pretty!
Arturite is a rare mineral found in oxidized copper deposits and formed by alteration of arsenopyrite or enargite.
Wavellite
Wavellite is a mineral, hydrous aluminum phosphate, close to turquoise, variscite, and other minerals. The names are from the surnames of William Wavell and G.I. Fisher. Also known as lasionite, cefarovichite, garbortite. According to the Russian Biographical Dictionary, fisherite was discovered and described by I. R. German.
Vesuvian
Libetenite
Libetenite is a secondary copper phosphate mineral found in the oxidized zone of copper ore deposits.
Hemimorphite
It is found in different shades - white, pink, blue. Green is rare.
Cornwallite
Cornwallite is a rare copper arsenate mineral with the formula Cu 5 (AsO 4 ) 2 (OH) 4. It is a mineral consisting of basic copper arsenate, resembling malachite.
It was first described in 1846 at Wheal Gorland, St. Day United Colliery, St. Day, Cornwall, England. The type locality of the mineral is its namesake, in the Wheal Gorland mines of St. Day United in Cornwall, England.
Conichalcite
Named after the Greek words "konis", meaning "powder", and "chalkos", meaning "copper", in reference to the copper in the composition and its occasional appearance as a powdery crust.
Relatively rare but widespread, conichalcite can be found in many minor specimens, however good examples can be found in locations in Spain, England, USA, Mexico, Chile and Namibia. Conichalcite occurs as a secondary mineral in oxidized copper deposits, as a product of enargite alteration.
Depujolsit
Found in South Africa, the name owes to a French figure, since the French were the masters there for a decade...
The mineral is beautiful. Africa is a storehouse of unusual minerals!
Adamin
French mineralogist Gilbert-Joseph Adam, working in the 19th century, described adamite from samples brought from South America. The first specimens of the beautiful yellow stone were found in the Chilean Atacama Desert.
You and I have the opportunity to see these cute “inflorescences” of minerals thanks to micrography:
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite is a secondary mineral found in oxidation zones of lead deposits; the phosphorus necessary for its formation comes from apatite in nearby rocks. It belongs specifically to the apatite supergroup.
Colors range from grass to olive green.
Mimetite, duftite, dioptase
This “inflorescence” of minerals completes our green “tag”!
