2024 new find. Botryoidal groups of Plumbogummite on matrix, forming layers with colorations ranging from blue to grayish-greenish tones, with predominance of a uniform dark green. In addition, they are associated with small crystals of Pyromorphite, Kintoreite and Hinsdalite.
Coming from an old mine in Garlitos, Badajoz, this phosphate can be considered of the best quality known for the species in the Iberian Peninsula.
It has been published as a novelty at the 2024 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 11-12/2024 page 71, and in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’ number 01/2025, page 111
Furthermore, this specimen has been mentioned in thread FMF - MineralExpo Barcelona-Sants 2024 (edición octubre) - Minerales Invisibles
Las Minillas is an area within the Variscan basement of NE Badajoz, dominated by metamorphic rocks and granitoids (including the Garlitos Granodiorite). Pb mineralization is linked to fractures and small hydrothermal veins, later overprinted by a well-developed supergene oxidation zone, where secondary phosphates such as Plumbogummite may form.
Juan Antonio mining group, Las Minillas area, Garlitos, Comarca La Siberia, Badajoz, Extremadura Spain (30/01-15/02 2024)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 0.47”
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