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.

- Mineral
- Variscite
- Discovered
- 2007
- County
- Esmeralda County
- State
- Nevada

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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