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Yvonite - Sold
- Salisgne mine
- Aude
- France
- 6.3 by 3.4 by 2.8 cm – Small cabinet specimen (under 10 cm)
Yvonite is a rare copper arsenate found on the mine dumps at Salisgne (Sarp & Černý, 1998). The name honor Swiss professor Klaus Yvon (1943- ), Geneva University. The mineral forms minute blue crystals (less than 0.25 mm) on vesicles in altered sulfide ore.
