Felted aggregates of acicular to fibrous Yuanfuliite crystals. They are bright, have a honey color and they are on a rocky (lamproite) matrix, with Hematite and white spheroidal Calcite growths. Yuanfuliite is a rare borate, identified as new species in 1994 and well described at Jumilla by M. Calvo in 2012 (Minerales y Minas de España, vol. 5, pg. 649-650). This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section, number 43, May 8, 2016 edition.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines area, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (12/03/2016)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.30” × 1.02”
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