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Variscite mineEsmeralda County, Nevada

Colina Verde

Colina Verde is Ryan Novell's own variscite discovery in Esmeralda County, Nevada, known for high-grade greens, polychrome halos and spiderweb.

Colina Verde variscite with green polychrome spiderweb, Esmeralda County, Nevada
Mineral
Variscite
Discovered
2017
County
Esmeralda County
State
Nevada
Colina Verde variscite with green polychrome spiderweb, Esmeralda County, Nevada
Material from Colina Verde

History of the mine

Ryan's own discovery in Esmeralda County, found in 2017 and staked in 2019, worked entirely by hand through small trenches and pits along a chert-and-shale contact zone. Best known for high-grade greens with polychrome halos and textbook spiderwebbing, along with blues, creams, and combinations of both.

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Rough and finished cabochons from Colina Verde and our other mines are sold through Instagram, where new material is posted first.

Dripping water hollows a stone.

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