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TZ97L5: Nice specimen from the type locality of this rare calcium copper borate. Henmilite shows well defined faces and edges with a deep blue color that contrasts with the white Olshanskyite matrix. Actually the access to the Fuka mine is strictly prohibited and controlled. The specimen is accompanied by the label from the collection of the first specimen’s discoverer, with the handwritten notation of the date on which this specimen was extracted (February 2004). We will send the label to the buyer with this fine Henmilite. The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 57 in the volume 91, number 1, Jan/Feb 2016
Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island Japan (14/02/2004)
Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.38”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
Olshanskyite minor fluorescence long & short UV
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