Felted aggregates of acicular Yuanfuliite crystals, honey-colored, with good luster, on a rock matrix (lamproite), with Hematite, Diopside and white spheroidal growths of Calcite. Yuanfuliite is a rare borate, identified as a new species in 1994 and well referenced in Jumilla by Miguel Calvo in 2012 (Minerales y Minas de España, vol. 5, pp. 649-650)
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Comarca Altiplano, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (12/03/2016)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.65” × 0.94”
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