Yellow-Green Austinite Crystals On Limonite - Ojuela Mine, Mexico

This is a beautiful specimen of gemmy, yellow/green austinite crystals on a limonite matrix, collected from the Ojuela Mine in Durango, Mexico.

The entire specimen measures 2.9 x 1.7"

Austinite is a member of the adelite-descloizite group and has the chemical formula CaZn(AsO4)(OH). It forms in oxidized arsenic-rich metal deposits and is often associated with adamite, limonite, talmessite, and quartz. It often exhibits a greenish coloration, though it has also been known to occur as yellow, brown, white and yellow-white aggregations. Austinite has been collected from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Bolivia, Namibia and several other locations.

Austinite was named after Austin Flint Rodgers, an American mineralogist at Stanford University.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Austinite
LOCATION
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
SIZE
Entire specimen 2.9 x 1.6"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#183432