Very aerial dendritic growth of deformed Copper crystals, totally covered by Malachite. Of good quality for the deposit, where this type of Copper specimen with Malachite is scarce.
The Herrerías mines lie in the western sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, a major Paleozoic (Devonian–Carboniferous) volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) province. Mineralization is hosted by volcano-sedimentary sequences, forming stratabound ore bodies and associated stockwork zones, dominated by iron and copper sulfides with subordinate lead and zinc. Variscan deformation and later supergene processes strongly influenced the paragenesis and the development of some secondary minerals.
Herrerías mines, Puebla de Guzmán, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia Spain (2015)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.9 × 0.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.14” × 0.28”
|