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A novelty at Sainte-Marie 2019. Botryoidal and stalactitic growths of black Murdochite microcrystals on matrix with Goethite and coated by felted aggregates of Brochantite crystals and a group of small Linarite crystals, very bright and with a very intense blue color. The two main species had been analyzed and we will send a copy of both analyses to the buyer. Murdochite has not been cited at the locality until now.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2019 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine "Lapis" number 07-08/2019, page 62, in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ July/August 2019, number 148, page 29 and ‘Mineral Up’ on page 61 of the 2019/02 edition.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region Chile (2019)
Specimen size: 11 × 7 × 4.6 cm = 4.33” × 2.76” × 1.81”
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