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EB63Q8: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. Two individualized sharp doubly terminated crystals on matrix of very well defined faces and edges and having the very intense luster from Milpillas. Their incredible blue color (“electric blue”) is typical of the samples of this very special find. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2010 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 94, page 57, for the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ page 11 of number 5/2010 and for the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2010/2 as well as in the special "Milpillas" of the "Lapis" magazine number 07-08/2017, page 4
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (05/2010)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 0.94”
Main crystal size: 3 × 1.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.51”
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