Adamite (Copper-bearing) with Calcite (classic material)

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The famous old Ojuela Mine in Mexico is without a doubt on one of the greatest localities in the entire country. It certainly ranks among the top mineral localities in the world for the amount of fine quality specimens it has produced. There is certainly a strong argument to be made that it is THE most significant mineral-producing locality in Mexico. The article written by Tom Moore in the Mineralogical Record about this mine states that the locality was, "Discovered by the Spanish in 1598, the deposit was actively mined for 350 years, but did not come to the notice of mineralogists until W.E Foshag's visit in 1927." With that said, for decades we've seen superb quality minerals coming out of Ojuela and without question, the finest examples of Adamite ever seen have come from the prolific locality. Not only are the crystals themselves superb for the species, but the individual crystals are some of the largest seen as well. Ojuela has produced a wider range of colors of Adamite than any locality, and they are excellent quality to boot This attractive miniature sized specimen features fine quality, well-formed, beautiful blue colored, sharp, well-formed, Copper-bearing Adamite crystals measuring up to 1.2 cm associated with translucent colorless Calcite on Limonite matrix. No major damage that I can see, and the piece is beautiful in person. Good green fluorescence can be seen under SW UV light as well.