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Erupcion
mine, Mun. de Aumada. A
lead mine in the Los Lamentos district, famous for wulfenite |
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Wulfenite
Deep orange tabular wulfenite XX up to 0.6cm wide. This thicky-tabular
shape of the XX is typical for this locality
6x5.5cm
Eruption mine, Los lamentos Mts., Chihuahua. Mexico
Specimen n.458
Another photo:
entire piece
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Wulfenite
Intergrown of tabular XX on matrix. The bigger X is up to 2.3cm long
7x4cm
Eruption mine, Los Lamentos Mts., Chihuahua. Mexico
Specimen n.482
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Wulfenite
Tabular XX with a dark-brown color
10x6cm
Eruption mine, Los Lamentos Mts. near Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua. Mexico
Specimen n.60
Another photo: a
bigger view
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Wulfenite
Brownish-orange tabular wulfenite XX, well in evidence of matrix. The biggest has a 0.9 cm
edge
7x7cm
Eruption mine, Los Lamentos Mts. near Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua. Mexico
Specimen n.491
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Naica
mine, Mun. de Saucillo. A
silver-lead-zinc-tungsten mine
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Fluorite
Twinned octahedral XX, semitransparent, edges up to 1.9cm on a plate
covered by fluorite octahedron and small quartz XX
18x10.5cm
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua. Mexico
Specimen n.428
Another photo:
entire piece
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Fluorite
Cube modified by dodecahedral planes, with light purple color and interesting
XX shape (edge is 1.1 cm long). On matrix with globular calcite
and pyrite
4.5x2cm
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua. Mexico
Specimen n.728
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Silver
Classic specimen of native silver crystals
up to 1.8cm long in white calcite matrix. The silver XX are in a
parallel, "criss-crossing" formation
3x3.8cm
Batopilas, Chihuahua. Mexico
Specimen n.348
Another photo: entire
piece
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Boleite
Well defined X, 0.5cm edge, on matrix. From the sedimentary copper deposit in this locality that gives the name to the
mineral
4x6cm
Boleo, Baia California. Mexico
Specimen n.355
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Conicalcite
Globular mass with calcite
8x6cm
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango. Mexico
Specimen n.329
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