Austinite (ex Allen Heyl Collection)

Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 7.5 x 6.8 x 4.2 cm
Start Time: 09/10/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/17/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A cool Austinite specimen from the famous Ojuela Mine in Mexico. Austinite is a calclium zinc arsenate named after Austin Flint Rogers, an American mineralogist at Stanford University. The Austinite on this specimen have an attractive golden-silvery hue with vitreous luster, sitting on contrasting Limonite matrix.

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