Melanterite; a new mineral discovery

[SwordfishMining]

More new minerals are just waiting to be found out there.
"A Bathurst man who collects minerals as a hobby stumbled across a rare substance that has never been recorded in the New Brunswick Museum's archives. Jesse Chamberlain went to a former mining site near Nepisiguit Falls in May to dig for minerals with his girlfriend. After digging about two feet deep into the side of the hill with a small gardening tool, Chamberlain stumbled across a blue-green mineral called melanterite. "It was the first time I ever seen that colour come out of the ground," Chamberlain said. "I was very surprised, so I called my girlfriend over to take a look at it. We weren't sure what it was, so we collected as many samples as we could."
The couple brought the brittle substance home with them and made a post on a New Brunswick geology Facebook page, asking for leads on what the specimen might be. Matt Stimson, assistant curator of geology and paleontology at the New Brunswick Museum, responded to Chamberlain's post and asked the mineral hobbyist if he'd be willing to donate some for analysis. "I thought who better to give it to than the museum so they can keep it for future studies," said Chamberlain, who subsequently donated 50 samples to the museum's geology collections......"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rare-mineral-melanterite-discovery-geology-1.5324704

[PinkDiamond]

That stuff's gorgeous, and so fragile! Thanks for sharing this find with us John.