A novelty at Tucson 2020. Very aerial group, on matrix, of highly profiled, flattened, doubly terminated Olivenite crystals, with sharp faces and edges and perfect terminal faces, lustrous and with a very deep olive-green color. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 of the 2020/02 edition.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.75” × 0.12”
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