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JFD09AN5: For a short time the Aguablanca mine yielded good epidotes and it was fortunate that at that time a mineral collector was there, and he took care to rescue a good number of pieces. I bought this one from him, a big sharp crystal. I remember that before there was a mine in Monesterio, I went to dig there but found absolutely nothing crystallized, only Chrysotile. One more example of the important work of recovering and saving our mineralogical heritage that mineral enthusiasts do.
Aguablanca Mine, Monesterio, Comarca Tentudía, Badajoz, Extremadura Spain (09/2006)
Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.8 × 4.4 cm = 3.86” × 2.68” × 1.73”
Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.83”
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