AJOITE Messina Quartz Papagoite RARE Crystal

An amazing frosty ajoite from the famous Messina Mine with an usual dusty baby blue to be the king of your rare quartz collection! Ajoite is a rare copper silicate mineral known for its striking blue-green to turquoise color, often found as inclusions within quartz crystals. The mineral itself is quite soft, with a hardness of about 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale, but its presence in quartz makes it more durable and suitable for use in jewelry and other decorative items. Ajoite is named after the Ajo district in Arizona, USA, where it was first discovered. Key Characteristics: Light blue to bluish-green, often seen as wispy or phantom-like inclusions within quartz. Formation: Ajoite typically forms in copper-rich hydrothermal environments, often found in association with other secondary copper minerals like malachite, shattuckite, and chrysocolla. The most famous sources of ajoite are in the Messina mines in South Africa, which have been mostly depleted, making the mineral even more s