AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Cumengeite and Boleite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 57357 |
Mineral: | Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Cumengeite and Boleite |
Locality: | Boleo District, near Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico (Type Locality for Cumengite and Boleite) |
Description: | Vivid blue microcrystalline chrysocolla pseudomorphs after cubic boleite crystals to 5 mm and pseudo-octahedral cumengite to 5 mm on tenorite-rich breccia. The cumengite and boleite crystals formed first, then altered to chrysocolla. |
Overall Size: | 9x8x5.5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-5 mm pseudos |
Archived: | For reference only |
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