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Name
Papagoite
Chemistry
CaCuALSi2O6(Oh)3 Calcium copper aluminum silicate hydroxide
Uses
As a mineral specimen
Color
A dark almost azure blue.
Hardness
5 - 5.5
Specific gravity
3.2
Streak
Pale blue
Crystals
The kind that occurs in South Africa looks like sprays trapped in quartz but it can form tiny flattened elongated crystals.
Accompanied by:
Ajoite, shattukite and quartz
Similar to:
Ajoite
Papagoite is a rare mineral and is only found in two places in the world.
The famous Messina site is now closed and so the only place that new material is still being discovered is at the New Cornelia mine in Arizona in the USA.
In the early 90's we had scores of this rare mineral and we were selling them off very cheap. Large crystals were selling for $ 10. We then discovered what we were selling and by that time there was nothing left. The mine is closed now and we only get them when we buy a collection.
