Linarite mineral specimen from the King Arthur mine in Kirki Greece.

A wonderful example for the locality of electric blue Linarite on host rock. Linarite from this locality is considered to be very rare because the small mine is hard to find “lost” in the heavily forested hills. With a partly collapsed entrance and the main tunnel full of water, mining activity is extremely rare.
Linarite is not a common mineral, it is a somewhat rare crystalline mineral that is known among mineral collectors for its unusually intense, pure blue color. Linarite was first described in 1822 by Henry James Brooke, who named the mineral Linares in Spain after its type locality.
King Arthur mine is a small-scale mine which was operated in the 30’s by an English mining company. King Arthur mine operated from 1936 to 1940 and after closing it was forgotten and "lost" in the forested hills.
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