A novelty at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2017. An irregular aggregate of very sharp cubic crystals beveled by the faces of the dodecahedron. They are transparent, very bright, and have a very intense, uniform, deep violet-blue color. The matrix consists of Quartz and Calcite crystals. The “Coquera del Tubo”, a new collecting site at the Llamas locality, is now producing very high-quality specimens. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2017 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 68 in the volume 23, number 1
Llamas Quarry, coquera del tubo, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (04/2017)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.72” × 2.60” × 1.54”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”
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