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OJUELA2010-18
Mimetite With Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Large Cabinet, 17.5 x 12.0 x 6.0 cm
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This piece is BIG and sparkling. It is very impactful, and one of the more dramatic such specimens I have seen come out. The convex goethite/limonite matrix is totally covered by botryoidal, sparkling olive-green mimetite, in spheres to .75 cm across. Scattered crystals of elongated, glassy and lustrous, amber-colored wulfenite, to .75 cm in length, are perched on the mimetite for a bit of contrast (a few have minor damage, but only a few, trivially). The plate is gracefully curved, and very attractive - much more so, in person. The contrast is striking on this large, colorful specimen, one of a very few larger pieces recovered in this quality level in 2009.