AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Cumengeite on Boleite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 56626 |
Mineral: | Cumengeite on Boleite |
Locality: | Santa Rosalia District, Baja California Sur, Mexico (Type Locality for Cumengeite and Boleite) |
Description: | Two four-pointed star-shaped formations of pyramidal cumengeite crystals in epitactic orientation over the cubic faces of underlying boleite. Green microcrystals of an unidentified mineral, probably chrysocolla, coat the cumengeite surfaces. |
Overall Size: | 8x6x4 mm |
Crystals: | micro to 3 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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