Hemimorphite

LOCALITY
Ojuela Mine

PHOTO CREDIT
Tom Spann

SIZE
8 cm

SOMETIMES A RELATIVELY COMMON MINERAL COMES FROM THE MINE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO CAPTIVATE EVEN THE MOST DISCERNING COLLECTOR. THIS IS ONE SUCH SPECIMEN. THERE ARE LOTS OF WHITE HEMIMORPHITE SPECIMENS FROM OJUELA, BUT THE AESTHETICS OF THIS ONE PUT IT IN THE TOP HANDFUL OF PIECES WE’VE SEEN FROM THIS MINE. PERFECT WHITE RADIATING SPRAYS ON RUST COLORED LIMONITE MATRIX.