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NGB46XXX: Botryoidal groups of Plumbogummite on matrix, forming layers with colorations ranging from intense and uniform sky blue to electric blue. 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 magazine ‘Paragénesis’ number 01/2025, page 107
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 (01-02/2025)
Specimen size: 14 × 8.1 × 2.8 cm = 5.51” × 3.19” × 1.10”
Photo: Joaquim Callén
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