page_title: Inspiration, Arizona
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Inspiration, Arizona / References
caption_attribution_description: English: Malachite, Quartz, Chrysocolla Locality: Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 15.2 x 13.4 x 6.4 cm. A BIG specimen of a collector favorite from Arizona. In this case, instead of being on chrysocolla, the sparkly quartz crystals are on a layer of malachite, which is in turn on a layer of chrysocolla. These are usually seen in small specimens, but the area of crystallization here measures 12 cm in length - this is basically a big pocket that was removed intact! This is an old-timer, and hard to find, especially in a specimen this large and rich! Probably 40 years out of the ground, this one. Deutsch: Malachit, Quarz, Chrysokoll Fundort: Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 15.2 x 13.4 x 6.4 cm.
context_page_description: Inspiration is a ghost town in Gila County, Arizona, in the United States. It has an estimated elevation of 3,927 feet above sea level. Inspiration was the company town for the Inspiration mine.
  The old Inspiration townsite is on company property, and is not accessible to the general public.
context_section_description: "Feature Detail Report for: Inspiration". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  "Inspiration (in Gila County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 68.
  Blackwood, Alisa (April 15, 2001). "Whimsical names mark Arizona towns". Reading Eagle. pp. E11. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  "Gila County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  Inspiration ghost town. Accessed 6/24/2018
caption: Malachite-Quartz-Chrysocolla from Inspiration Mine. The white quartz crystals are on a layer of malachite, which is in turn on a layer of chrysocolla.  Size: 15.2 x 13.4 x 6.4 cm.
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