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Rosasite with molds after (Hemimorphite?) from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

 
Rosasite with molds after (Hemimorphite?) from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Rosasite with molds after (Hemimorphite?) from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

Rosasite with molds after (Hemimorphite?) from Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 63077
Mineral:Rosasite with molds after (Hemimorphite?)
Locality:Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Description:Fibrous blue-green rosasite crystals in rounded aggregates with no matrix on the bottom. The lighter-colored rosasite crystals have rectangular cavities from a bladed mineral, probably hemimorphite, that formed first, then subsequently dissolved away. collected in 2012
Overall Size:5.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro
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