Detailed information
Species
Brochantite , Quartz
Dimensions
89 x 52 x 42
mm
Locality
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca Mun. de Santa Cruz Sonora, Mexico
Condition
No recorded repairs
A magnificent display specimen of intergrown bundles of gemmy, acicular Brochantite crystals from the copper oxide deposits at the Milpillas mine at Cuitaca in Mun. de Santa Cruz, Mexico. The bluish emerald-green Brochantite crystals exhibit a bright glassy lustre and are developed to over 2.5 cm long, forming an ex-matrix, porous, tangled cluster. White granular micro-crystalline Quartz to 8 mm across is sparsely distributed throughout the Brochantite. A superb and beautiful Brochantite from the Milpillas mine in Mexico.