Variscite mineEsmeralda County, Nevada

Calypso

Calypso variscite from Esmeralda County, Nevada: soft cloud-blue spiderweb in a steely gray matrix and occasional gemmy, translucent greens.

Calypso variscite with icy blue spiderweb in steely gray matrix, Esmeralda County, Nevada
Mineral
Variscite
Discovered
2007
County
Esmeralda County
State
Nevada
Calypso variscite with icy blue spiderweb in steely gray matrix, Esmeralda County, Nevada
Material from Calypso

History of the mine

First located by Markham Odell around 2007, also known as Blue Belle and Lucky Lady, then relocated by Ryan and Rodney Frisby in 2020. One large trench follows a bed of nuggets, nodules, pseudomorphs, and veins, producing soft cloud-blues in a steely gray matrix and occasional gemmy, translucent greens. Still worked intermittently.

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Dripping water hollows a stone.

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