#tarbuttite

I decided that I wanna do some fusions with Morenci Cuprite and some canon SU gems! :>

Meet Tarbuttite, the fusion of Cuprite, Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla and Pearl!

Tarbuttite has mirrors for weapons that contain extra-dimensional hands which she uses to attack. They can summon Pearl’s spears and use them in combat. She also has a magical sand/dust that can hypnotize/make gems fall asleep. Tarbuttite’s face is hidden under a mirror-like mask, and while her mouth doesn’t move when she talks, it can still emote. They lounge in their dish and cannot leave it. This dish is also the source of their mirrors, which are created from drips on it’s underside. 

Personality wise, Tarbuttite is very lax and passive, choosing to look at their own reflection for long periods of time. They love dainty or tiny things, and with them being larger than Sardonyx, this can even include humans like Steven. They are quiet and watchful, and are always a few steps ahead of the game, and have the air of a ruler or royalty. Pearl and Chrysocolla lead to make quite a regal personality. 

If you would like to see Morenci fused with other canon gems, feel free to leave me a suggestion! :)

Hemimorphite on Chalcedony psm Tarbuttite

Fluorapatite Psm Tarbuttite on Chalcedony 

Tarbuttite

First discovered in 1907 in what is now the Kabwe mine in Zambia (and was then Northern Rhodesia), the mineral forms in the oxidised zone of tin deposits that have been altered by phosphate rich fluids to produce this rarity (making it a secondary mineral rather than the primary ore originally concentrated and deposited by one of a variety of geochemical processes). Its colour ranges from colourless to white, yellow, red, green or brown (usually pale), with the latter being caused by iron or copper for the green. The coloured examples are often translucent, while gem quality material is mostly colourless. Crystals are often wheatsheaf or saddle shaped sprays of prismatic blades up to a couple of centimetres in length though it often also crystallises as crusts.

The initial finds were on a bright yellow iron oxide limonite matrix and were collected for description by a director of the Broken Hill Exploration Company after whim the mineral was eventually named. One distinction in mineral naming is whether they already had an agreed name within the Earth sciences when the body that supervises these things (the International Mineralogical Association) was founded. Those that did are said to be 'grandfathered'. Some of the names came from antiquity, but others often had confusing names that had been historically applied to varied minerals (such as hyacinth and chrysolite) and had to be standardised, often being named after mineralogists. The boom in mining from the late 18th century CE onwards and the development iof geology also led to the progressive discovery of many unknown or previously unnoticed minerals.

Tarbuttite is soft (3.5 on Mohs scale), and as far as I know not faceted. It has also been found in Algeria, Angola, Australia, Canada, China, Namibia and the United States. The 5.2 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm spray of blades in the photos comes from the type locality in Zambia, and is growing out of a primary reduced (see https://bit.ly/1I4XWKt for an explanation) sulphide matrix

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Image credit: Rob Lavinsky/iRocks.com