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Volborthite on matrix from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

 
Volborthite on matrix from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Volborthite on matrix from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Volborthite on matrix from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Volborthite on matrix from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Volborthite on matrix from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 75598
Mineral:Volborthite on matrix
Locality:Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Description:Many lustrous translucent dark-green volborthite crystals (rare) in flattened rosette-shaped groups to 7 mm across on contrasting white dickite clay-coated matrix. The volborthite crystals are thin, bladed habit intermixed with minor white dickite clay. Collected in 2015
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 1.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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