NJ96S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Very aerial group, on a Quartz matrix, of violet cubic crystals, some of them with “window” growths and very well marked color zoning with solid inclusions in the center of each crystal.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Mineralienbörse Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines 2011’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 12 of number 5/2011
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (02/2010)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.42” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”