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Aurichalcite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

 
Aurichalcite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Aurichalcite from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 64237
Mineral:Aurichalcite
Locality:Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Description:Elongated cavity in brown limonite gossan lined with lustrous blue-green acicular aurichalcite crystals. Colorless hemimorphite crystals are beneath the aurichalcite crystals but they are not easily visible. Ex. Morse collection
Overall Size:5x3x2 cm
Crystals:2-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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