Detailed information
Species
Szenicsite
Dimensions
30 x 28 x 16
mm
Weight
6 g
Locality
Jardinera No. 1 Mine Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province Atacama Region, Chile
Condition
No recorded repairs
A somewhat rugged large thumbnail specimen of the rare copper molybdate hydroxide mineral, Szenicsite, from the Type Locality at Jardinera No. 1 mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. The specimen consists of an almost solid aggregate of dark green platy Szenicsite crystals with just minor weathered gossanous matrix as coatings. The largest Szenicsite crystal measures 8 mm across but all have very irregular crystal edges, not from damage, but unusual growth as is typical of this species. All told, a rich specimen of this extremely rare mineral which is only known in good crystals from this one occurrence made during the 1990s.