Fluor-buergerite (formerly Buergerite) (Tourmaline)

Mexquitic, San Luis Potosu, Mexico (Type Locality)
Miniature, 4.2 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Start Time: 04/30/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/07/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A wonderful example of the classic "Buergerite" (now Fluor-buergerite) from the type locality at Mexquitic. From what I understand, specimens from this locality came from a one time find by a single miner, who died and never divulged the location of the deposit to anyone, so it has remained lost since the 1960s. This piece features classic chocolate-bronze colored prismatic trigonal crystals measuring up to 1.0 cm on rhyolite matrix.

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