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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM


DURANGO/ Ojuela Mine (Duftite)

Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MX9X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 1.14” × 0.79”

Duftite with Calcite
 

MC10X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 0.55”

Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MV11X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 1.02”

Duftite with Calcite
 

MP12X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.93” × 1.73” × 1.14”

Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MJ47AH7: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. The samples have been analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 9.4 × 4.9 cm = 5.39” × 3.70” × 1.93”


DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Hemimorphite)

Hemimorphite
 

MF13AL0: Very sharp crystals more separated from each other than usual. Very bright, translucent, transparent around their terminations, white in color and in a limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.89” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.9 cm = 0.94” × 0.35”

Hemimorphite. Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite. Hemimorphite.
 

MX26W5: Fan-like aggregates, on limonite matrix, of transparent crystals of Hemimorphite. They are sharp, bright, have excellent terminations and are with small rhombohedral crystals of calcite with reddish inclusions of Hematite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2011)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 8.5 × 4 cm = 4.09” × 3.35” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”

Hemimorphite
 

TM67N0: Fanlike growths of Hemimorphite crystals. They are flattened, transparent with sharp faces and edges. The Hemimorphite is with small clear crystals of Calcite on a matrix of Limonite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1990)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.5 × 6 cm = 4.53” × 3.35” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.20”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite. Front
Front
Hemimorphite. Top
Top
Hemimorphite.
 

MC13Y7: Aggregates of short prismatic crystals, thicker than usual on samples from the Ojuela mine. They are on a limonite matrix and some of them have red inclusions. The sample, apart from its mineralogical and historical interest, is really esthetic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 13 × 9 × 8.5 cm = 5.12” × 3.54” × 3.35”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Hemimorphite with Mimetite
 

MF66AB4: Fan-like aggregates and radial groups of flattened Hemimorphite crystals with excellent terminations. They are very well defined, separate, transparent, and bright and are on a limonite matrix, with small and intense yellow bow-tie Mimetite groups.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.7 × 6 cm = 3.23” × 1.85” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Hemimorphite with Mimetite. Hemimorphite with Mimetite.
Hemimorphite with Mimetite.
Hemimorphite with Mimetite
Hemimorphite with Mimetite.
Hemimorphite with Mimetite.
Hemimorphite with Mimetite  

TM76L3: Fan-shaped groups of transparent Hemimorphite crystals, with a very good brilliance and excellent terminations. Accompanied by very small aggregates of yellow greenish Mimetite crystals. On a Limonite matrix.
We will send the handwritten label of the sample, from T. L. Potucek, to the buyer of this esthetic specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 7, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (12/2004)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 3.27” × 2.36” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Hemimorphite with Adamite
 

MG6AG3: Radial groups of thin, separate and very sharp laminar crystals. They are transparent and very bright, with very well defined faces and edges and on a limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.39” × 2.32” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”

Adamite fluorescent short UV
Hemimorphite with Adamite. Hemimorphite with Adamite.

DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Wulfenite)

Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Side
Side
 

TCP27AO4: Group of lamellar Wulfenite crystals on matrix, one of them dominant, very sharp and rich in crystal forms. With geometric, transparent and uniform yellow zoning with oxide inclusions.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Wulfenite with Mimetite
 

TZ27N0: Crystals of Wulfenite of short prismatic habit. They have excellent luster and color, very intense. On a Limonite matrix and with coatings of green botryoidal Mimetite.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.14” × 1.06” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

Wulfenite with Mimetite.
Wulfenite with Calcite
Wulfenite with Calcite.
 

TL6L1: Novelty from Tucson 2008. Unusual morphology. Wulfenite crystals formed by elongated and curved prism faces. Color is yellow, slightly orange. With small Calcite crystals on a Limonite matrix.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Börsen-News / Tucson '08’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 16 of number 3/2008.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.06” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”

Wulfenite with Mimetite
 

TZ96N9: Very aerial doubly terminated prismatic crystal of Wulfenite of excellent color and good luster on a matrix of Limonite partially coated by growths of green botryoidal Mimetite.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.50” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.16”

Mimetite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Front
Front
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite with Mimetite
Wulfenite with Mimetite.
Wulfenite with Mimetite.
 

TY47N0: Crystals of Wulfenite of very elongated prismatic habit. The crystals, very well defined, have excellent luster and color, very intense. On a Limonite matrix and with coatings of green botryoidal Mimetite.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Tucson 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 4 of number 3/2009.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.61” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”

Wulfenite
 

TH36Y7: Very unusual pineapple-like aggregate. The crystals, showing the forms of a single prism and the pinacoid, have slightly curved edges. They are on limonite matrix and show excellent color and luster.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.65” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
Wulfenite with Mimetite
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Wulfenite with Mimetite.
 

TG16AD5: Wulfenite crystals whose shape is between tabular and equant. The crystals, very well defined, have an excellent luster and very intense color. They are on a limonite matrix with small green botryoidal Mimetite.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.40” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

Wulfenite on Mottramite
 

TA87X6: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Olive-green botryoidal growths of Mottramite with yellow-orange Wulfenite crystals, bright and with slightly curved edges, consisting of a prism and the terminal pinacoid. We will provide a copy of the analysis of the Mottramite to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 7 × 8 cm = 2.87” × 2.76” × 3.15”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

Wulfenite on Mottramite. Wulfenite on Mottramite.
Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
 

TC27N4: A very esthetic sample, very rich with unusually elongated Wulfenitecrystals, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals consist of a steepdipyramid of slightly curved edges and terminated by the pinacoid. They are on Limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.2 × 5 cm = 3.43” × 2.83” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

Wulfenite with Mimetite
 

TQ70N0: Crystals of Wulfenite of very acute dipyramidal habit. Color and luster are excellent and they are on a Limonite matrix partially coated by botryoidal green Mimetite.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Tucson 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 7 of number 3/2009.
Ojuela Mine, level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7 × 3.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.76” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.35” × 0.16”

Wulfenite with Mimetite.
Wulfenite with Mimetite.
Wulfenite on Mottramite
Wulfenite on Mottramite. Front
Front
Wulfenite on Mottramite. Side
Side
 

TQ96X4: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Wulfenite crystals formed by the prism and the terminal pinacoid, some of them doubly terminated, implanted on a botryoidal matrix of Mottramite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.46” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

Wulfenite on Mottramite
 

TR46X4: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Small crystals of Wulfenite formed by the prism and terminal pinacoid, some of them doubly terminated, implanted on a columnar growth of Mottramite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 2.64” × 0.98” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”

Wulfenite on Mottramite. Front
Front
Wulfenite on Mottramite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite on Mottramite
Wulfenite on Mottramite.
 

TF66X6: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Dark olive-green botryoidal growths of Mottramite with yellow Wulfenite crystals consisting of a prism and the terminal pinacoid. We will provide a copy of the analysis of the Mottramite to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.87” × 1.54” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”


DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Rosasite)

Rosasite
 

TQ66AC5: A bizarre formation of botryoidal Rosasite with an intense and uniform bluish green color and on a limonite matrix. Such a sample is almost an “oldie” because no more have been recovered since this Rosasite was mined in 2010.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.42” × 1.10”

Rosasite. Rosasite.
Rosasite
Rosasite.
 

TG96S0: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite with color banding at the top and concentric growths, on limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 1.57” × 0.94”

Rosasite with Conichalcite and Calcite
 

TP86S1: Botryoidal growths of Rosasite of rich greenish blue color, very uniform, on which are columnar growths of green Conichalcite with white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite, on a limonitic matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.38” × 1.34”

Rosasite with Conichalcite and Calcite. Rosasite with Conichalcite and Calcite.
Rosasite with Calcite
Rosasite with Calcite. Rosasite with Calcite.
 

TH76S1: Columnar-botryoidal growth of Rosasite of rich greenish blue color, very uniform, with small white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite on limonitic matrix. The "Mouse"!
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 2.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.02” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.39”

Rosasite
 

TF76AC5: A bizarre formation of botryoidal Rosasite with an intense and uniform bluish green color and on a limonite matrix. Such a sample is almost an “oldie” because no more have been recovered since this Rosasite was mined in 2010.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 1.10”

Rosasite. Rosasite.
Rosasite with Wulfenite
Rosasite with Wulfenite. Front
Front
Rosasite with Wulfenite. Side
Side
 

TJ66S2: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.2 × 6.3 cm = 2.52” × 2.44” × 2.48”

Rosasite
 

TX64S2: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.72” × 2.05” × 1.22”

Rosasite. Rosasite.
Rosasite
Rosasite. Front
Front
Rosasite. Rear
Rear
 

TD26S2: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 3.39” × 1.77” × 1.69”


DURANGO / Ojuela Mine (Mottramite)

Mottramite
 

TF6V2: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.7 × 4 cm = 2.09” × 1.46” × 1.57”

Mottramite.
Mottramite
Mottramite. Mottramite.
 

TZ8AB7: These Mottramites were found in 2011 at the Ojuela mine, where the species never before had been observed. A lot of samples were recovered in that find, but never again so the find was unique. The quality of this sample is quite competitive due to its botryoidal forms which make it comparable to the good quality samples from other localities. We’ll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.72” × 2.05” × 1.50”

Mottramite
 

TD17V1: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.2 × 4.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.83” × 1.73”

Mottramite. Mottramite.
Mottramite
Mottramite. Mottramite.
 

TT96AB7: These Mottramites were found in 2011 at the Ojuela mine, where the species never before had been observed. A lot of samples were recovered in that find, but never again so the find was unique. The quality of this sample is quite competitive due to its botryoidal forms which make it comparable to the good quality samples from other localities. We’ll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7 × 4.8 cm = 3.74” × 2.76” × 1.89”

Mottramite
 

TX28V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm = 3.86” × 2.87” × 2.24”

Mottramite. Mottramite.
Mottramite
Mottramite. Mottramite.
 

TP66V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.94” × 3.07” × 1.65”

Mottramite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFL47AN8: Very distinct spheroidal growths of Mottramite, on a limonite matrix, with a silky luster and a very deep olive-green color. The specimen comes from the famous find of November 2011, in which Mottramite was reported for the first time in Mapimí as a collectible species. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 7.4 × 5.5 cm = 4.41” × 2.91” × 2.17”

Mottramite. Front
Front
Mottramite. Side
Side
Mottramite.
Mottramite
Mottramite. Mottramite.
 

TQ91AJ0: Very well defined spheroidal growths of Mottramite on a limonite matrix with a greasy luster and a very deep olive green color. The sample is from the famous find in November, 2011, when Mottramite was firstly noted in a collectible form at Mapimí. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 13.4 × 9.6 × 6.4 cm = 5.28” × 3.78” × 2.52”


DURANGO / Ojuela Mine

Aurichalcite with Gypsum
Aurichalcite with Gypsum  

E11DG4: This Aurichalcite has good color quality, but draws specially our attention the paragenesis with Gypsum crystals on the central part of the specimen. It comes from an old collection and we add the two labels.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 0.87”

Aurichalcite with Gypsum.
Aurichalcite
Aurichalcite.
Aurichalcite. Aurichalcite.
 

EM96V1: Radial aggregates of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite on limonite matrix. They are very bright and have a very vivid greenish blue color.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1980)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 4 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite
 

EC46V0: Radial growths of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite with a deeper color in the center and clearer on the crystal terminations. They are on a limonite matrix, with fanlike aggregates of colorless and transparent crystals of Hemimorfite.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1970)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.94” × 2.13” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite. Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite.
Austinite
Austinite. Austinite.
 

TMX16AN7: Globular growths of lenticular Austinite crystals, with sharp crystal forms and strong curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent, with a yellow-green color, on a limonite matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.47”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Austinite with cuprian Adamite
 

NR59AB7: Translucent globular Austinite growths with a very intense and uniform green color. They are on a limonite matrix, with small cuprian Adamite crystals that have a clearer green color. Due to its color and shape the sample is very esthetic. Both the Austinite and Adamite have been analyzed and we’ll provide a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.61” × 1.57” × 1.14”

Adamite intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Austinite with cuprian Adamite.
Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite
Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite. Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite.
Austinite (variety cuprian) with Calcite.
 

VH47AF0: Botryoidal Austinite (cuprian variety) on a limonite matrix. They are bright, have a deep and uniform green color and are with a white rhombohedrally terminated Calcite crystal. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Calcite fluorescent short UV
Austinite with Adamite
 

NP47AB5: Spheroidal aggregates of translucent crystals with a clear green color and on a limonite matrix, with small Adamite crystals. The Austinite has a level of transparency that is unusual for the samples from the Ojuela mine. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, level 5, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 4 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Austinite with Adamite. Austinite with Adamite.
Austinite
Austinite. Austinite.
Austinite.
Austinite  

TD89AL4: Globular growths of lenticular Austinite crystals, with sharp crystal forms and strong curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent and on a limonite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Rock Currier collection (No. 7994) with a collection label and an identifying note on the back of the specimen.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.11” × 2.13” × 1.89”

Minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Rock Currier
Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Calcite
 

ERJ6AQ1: Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and complete, rhombohedral, elongated, transparent, very lustrous and aerial on its limonite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.75” × 0.39”

Former collection of Thomas P. Moore
Calcite.
Calcite
Calcite.
 

TB14R9: An especially aerial and esthetic sample, with sharp rhombohedral crystals of Calcite on Limonite matrix. The crystals have very well marked color zoning enhanced by reddish inclusions of Hematite.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.89” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

Cuprian Calcite
 

TP27Z5: Rhombohedral Calcite crystals on a limonite matrix with very well defined faces and edges. They are very rich in blue inclusions of an undetermined secondary copper mineral. The crystals have been analyzed and, although their aspect suggests it could be another species, it is an unusual Calcite with inclusions. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.4 × 4 cm = 3.39” × 1.73” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”

Cuprian Calcite. Cuprian Calcite.
Conichalcite
Conichalcite. Conichalcite.
 

TK87AL5: Spheroidal aggregates of Conichalcite crystals with well defined faces and edges, bright and of a uniform and intense green color.
We will send the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.55”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Conichalcite
Conichalcite  

HM110GA: Groups of Conichalcite crystals, with good luster and with a very vivid green color, on a limonite matrix.
Former collection of Pedro Goy. Number 283.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1982)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.99” × 2.24” × 1.50”

Former collection of Pedro Goy. Number 283.
Conichalcite.
Conichalcite
Conichalcite. Conichalcite.
 

EV67V1: Spheroidal aggregates of Conichalcite with very intense green color, on a limonite matrix with scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. Of better quality than usual for this locality.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 4.13” × 2.09” × 1.89”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Dolomite with Hemimorphite
 

MV10W4: Very well defined rhombohedral crystals of simple forms, bright and with snowy white color. They are implanted on a base of flattened crystals of Hemimorphite, also very well defined, and on a limonite matrix. Such samples were quite common at the Ojuela Mine in the eighties.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.1 × 4.1 cm = 3.23” × 2.40” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
Dolomite with Hemimorphite.
Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MY26X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.52” × 1.73” × 1.06”

Duftite with Calcite
 

MB56X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.8 × 3.9 cm = 3.74” × 3.07” × 1.54”

Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
 

MD76X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 10.7 × 4.3 cm = 4.25” × 4.21” × 1.69”

Ferrian Köttigite with Pharmacosiderite
Ferrian Köttigite with Pharmacosiderite  

TT47AB8: Centered aggregate of Köttigite crystals with very well defined terminations and a deep bluish-green color. It is on matrix, with microscopic coatings of yellowish Pharmacosiderite. The Raman analysis indicates values in the Köttigite-Parasymplesite series and concludes it is an iron bearing Köttigite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 1,7 cm = 1.18” × 1.02” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

Former collection of David L. Stoudt
Ferrian Köttigite with Pharmacosiderite. Ferrian Köttigite with Pharmacosiderite.
Legrandite
Legrandite.
Legrandite.
Legrandite.
 

TM42J3: Legrandite is an uncommon arsenate. In this specimen it forms a centered group, fan-shaped, of prismatic crystals with excellent terminations and extraordinary color and luster. They are on Limonite matrix.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 3 × 1.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.18” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.08”

Legrandite with limonite
 

EV67AL9: Group of sharp prismatic crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with good terminal faces, transparent, brilliant and with an intense color that stands out on the limonite matrix. A classic species from Mapimí, increasingly difficult to obtain.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8 × 5.4 × 2.3 cm = 3.15” × 2.13” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

Legrandite with limonite. Legrandite with limonite.
Malachite
Malachite. Front
Front
Malachite. Side
Side
 

TX66AM5: Malachite as a botryoidal growth on a limonite matrix, with bands of different shades of green. Very characteristic of this mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.68” × 1.77” × 1.10”

Mimetite
 

MB57Y3: Botryoidal Mimetite growth, on matrix, with very intense and uniform yellow color and very notable relief. It is on a limonite matrix and is of an excellent quality for Ojuela Mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.79”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Mimetite.
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Mimetite with Wulfenite. Mimetite with Wulfenite.
Mimetite with Wulfenite.
 

EQ87AA3: Botryoidal Mimetite aggregates, on matrix, with an intense and deep yellow color and with implanted laminar Wulfenite crystals that are very bright with a pale yellow color. A sample of very good quality for the Ojuela mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.9 × 2.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.93” × 1.02”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Mimetite
 

TW99AA2: Botryoidal growths and isolated Mimetite crystals, on matrix, with an intense yellow color. Contrary to our usual policy, we offer this sample despite some small broken crystals, because the main group is above normal in size and quality, and it is in perfect condition. Also for the special quality and esthetics of the piece in comparison with the best-known samples from this mine.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (09/2013)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.77” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”

Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

TV90V4: Spheroidal aggregates of acute dipyramidal crystals with intense yellow color and on matrix.
The sample, of high quality for the locality, is with a label of the Chris Cowan collection that we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.2 × 3 cm = 3.07” × 2.44” × 1.18”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Mimetite
 

MM96AL3: Growth, on matrix, of spheroidal crystals that are more individualized than usual, and yellowish green, unusual in specimens from this deposit.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.2 × 7 × 2.1 cm = 3.23” × 2.76” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”

Mimetite. Front
Front
Mimetite. Side
Side
Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

EX70AM1: Spheroidal aggregates of acute dipyramidal crystals, orange with slightly yellow tones, on matrix. A Mexican classic.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1985)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 7.2 × 3.4 cm = 4.61” × 2.83” × 1.34”

Former collection of Alain Martaud
Paradamite
Paradamite  

EH10AA1: Aggregate of very sharp and exceptionally well developed Paradamite crystals, rare and unmistakable with Adamite, with an intense and uniform yellow color and on limonite matrix.
The sample is from the type locality for the species and it is with a label of the very well-known collection of Ronald J. Pellar that we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.67” × 0.47” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

Type locality
Paradamite. Front
Front
Paradamite. Top
Top
Quartz after Hemimorphite
Quartz  after Hemimorphite.
Quartz  after Hemimorphite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Quartz  after Hemimorphite
 

TF47AJ4: A very esthetic mineralogical curiosity. Groups of Quartz crystals that substitute for and preserve the morphology of Hemimorphite crystals that have disappeared.
The sample is from the Lee Hogg collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 12 × 5.7 × 6.8 cm = 4.72” × 2.24” × 2.68”

Former collection of Lee Hogg
Scorodite
 

TF90Z8: Aggregate of very sharp dipyramidal crystals with the dipyramid truncated by the pinacoid. They are large for the species (and very large for the locality) and are translucent, bright and have a very deep greenish-blue color, but it varies depending of the kind of incident light, more blue in daylight. A thumbnail of high quality.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (08/2013)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 1,3 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Scorodite. Front
Front
Scorodite. Rear
Rear

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