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Boleite with Paratacamite and Gypsum
$7,000.00
€5,748
£5,190.00
approx.
This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
ID: CC16517
A 3.5 x 2.5 cm area is richly invested with deep inky-blue cubic crystals of Boleite, the largest crystals measuring 5 mm on edge and all with a brilliant and highly reflective lustre. The matrix of
sucrosic
Quartz also has many smaller Boleite crystals on its back face and is shot through with sea-green microcrystalline zones of Paratacamite. Adjacent to the main species
are
small areas of white crystalline Gypsum. A first-class Boleite specimen from the Amelia mine at Santa Rosalía, in the Boleo District of Baja California, Mexico.
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Dimensions
6.0 × 4.8 × 3.2 cm
Categories
Fluorite and Halides
Locality
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
Minerals on Specimen
Minerals on specimen
Boleite, Gypsum, Paratacamite
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