SOLD Aurichalcite
stock #SOLD 20.1-457
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi
Durango,
Mexico
7.3 x 4.4 x 3.4 CM (cabinet)
price: $0
The amazing mines of Mina Ojuela have produced many wonderful and colorful minerals over almost 4 centuries. Aurichalcite is classic for the locale, this one with very good color and a few clear Calcites for contrast. The acicular needles that are protected in the 2.5 CM vug are in fine condition, the other crystalized areas show some matting of the crystals. Displays well.
Silver - Native wire form
stock #AX-7 067-(602)
San Martin Mine, Sombrerete Municipality
Zacatecas,
Mexico
6 x 2.6 x 1.5 CM (miniature)
price: $320
A rather rare locale, a wire Silver from San Martin in Zacatecas, Mexico. Ex Larry White collection mid 1970's vintage, the wire is about 1-1.5 MM thick, and has a very nice patina. San Martin was a very rich Silver mine but most of the silver we see from there are sheets and masses, only a few wires are seen and usually not with this morphology. This is the only slender long wire I have seen like this from the region.
Adamite- bi color crystals
stock #AX-10-831
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi
Durango,
Mexico
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 CM (thumbnail)
price: $140
Bundles of bi-color Adamite crystals on Gossan matrix. a choice thumbnail in fine condition. The Adamites from Mina Ojuela are one of the mineral world’s best values for quality and still reasonable cost. A nice example with a pale pink to red color contrasting with a yellow green hue.
Stellerite with Quartz
stock #22.1-626
Tatatila Municipality
Veracruz,
Mexico
5.5 x 4.8 x 2.2 CM (small cabinet/ large miniature)
price: $190
Bright orange balls and some smaller yellow balls are scattered with a few Quartz crystals on this matrix.
A choice and colorful example with a "wet look" on the orange balls. From 2022 finds at Tatatila (Mexico) most Stellerite is not this attractive and the color is unusually rich on these. The find seemed to be quite small and no more have come out.
Sharp and transparent crystals of Selenite in an aligned cluster. These are textbook perfect in form, and oddly enough show no signs of true twinning which is the more common habit. As seen this is in fine condition, no damage but some very minor edge wear is noted just to be comprehensive. Selenite is not rare at all but super fine clear crystals like this are really uncommon. The stack of individual crystals is perfectly oriented and a nice example of epitaxy.
Mottramite covering Wulfenite
stock #22.1-045
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi
Durango,
Mexico
9.6 x 6.8 x 4.7 CM (cabinet)
price: $590
Strangely esthetic and in fantastic condition, this is a rather rare example of this find at Mina Ojuela. Crystals of Wulfenite have been covered and mostly replaced by thick masses of Mottramite. This material was found in a small but exciting discovery in 2018-19. It was distinctive and most pieces were quickly snatched up by collectors. This is being recycled from that find and is well above average for quality and form. A very nice addition for a suite of pseudomorphs, Mexican classics or just strange and wonderful minerals.
Several habits of well-formed Cerusite crystals are scattered on a Pyrite matrix. The Cerussite covers both sides of this piece but the best are on the side shown here. In fine condition with excellent color on the crystals. It has been said the green coating is Posnjakite and other sources say it is Langite. Both are logical possibilities but this is untested. No matter the source, the color and sharp crystal habit make for a very attractive specimen. From a find in 2015 at the Ojuela Mine, one of history’s greatest sources of mineral surprises.
Aurichalcite
stock #AX-10-868
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi
Durango,
Mexico
7.3 x 6.8 x 3.8 CM (cabinet)
price: $420
A rich and large vug of Aurichalcite crystals in hairlike masses and clusters. Excellent color and in very fine condition. A classic from Mina Ojuela, this is a fairly old (1970-80 era) specimen and far better than the usual seen from this locality .It has a very large blue zone, long hairs (to well over 1 CM) in thick layers and has real display impact. Very few minerals in the world have this exact color, it stands out in any cabinet!
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