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4.5" Sharp Calcite Crystals on Quartz Crystal Cluster - Mexico
This is a gorgeous cluster of quartz crystals partially encrusted in scalenohedral calcite crystals, collected from the Cozamin Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. Under shortwave UV, the calcite crystals fluoresce a faint pink-orange color.
Comes with an acrylic display stand.
Comes with an acrylic display stand.
About the Cozamin Mine
The Cozamin Mine is a polymetallic underground mine located near the city of Zacatecas in north-central Mexico, within the historic Zacatecas Mining District. Mineralization occurs primarily in veins and fracture-controlled veinlets, particularly along the extensive Mala Noche Vein system, and is classified mainly as an intermediate-sulfidation hydrothermal deposit. Copper-rich mineralization formed during an earlier, higher-temperature phase and is commonly dominated by chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite, while later mineralization introduced significant sphalerite and other zinc, lead, and silver-bearing minerals. Quartz and calcite are the predominant minerals, though rhodochrosite, gypsum, barite, and ilvaite can also occur. Open cavities within the vein system have additionally produced attractive mineral specimens, including well-crystallized calcite and quartz associated with metallic sulfides.
The Cozamin Mine is a polymetallic underground mine located near the city of Zacatecas in north-central Mexico, within the historic Zacatecas Mining District. Mineralization occurs primarily in veins and fracture-controlled veinlets, particularly along the extensive Mala Noche Vein system, and is classified mainly as an intermediate-sulfidation hydrothermal deposit. Copper-rich mineralization formed during an earlier, higher-temperature phase and is commonly dominated by chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite, while later mineralization introduced significant sphalerite and other zinc, lead, and silver-bearing minerals. Quartz and calcite are the predominant minerals, though rhodochrosite, gypsum, barite, and ilvaite can also occur. Open cavities within the vein system have additionally produced attractive mineral specimens, including well-crystallized calcite and quartz associated with metallic sulfides.
$125
SPECIES
Calcite & Quartz
LOCATION
Cozamin Mine, Zacatecas Municipality, Mexico
SIZE
4.5 x 3.9"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#373560
