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Aurichalcite from
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Aurichalcite
Formula:(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite163 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Hemimorphite74 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Rosasite52 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Rosasite at this locality.
Gypsum15 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Limonite10 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Conichalcite6 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Conichalcite at this locality.
Malachite3 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Goethite3 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Plattnerite2 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Plattnerite at this locality.
Murdochite2 photos of Aurichalcite associated with Murdochite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aurichalcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Photo GalleryView Gallery (191 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1347
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1347:5
GUID (UUID V4):344a4ba5-71de-4fdf-aafe-7fe60d0daacc
Localities for Aurichalcite in this Region
San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Mexico ineralogical Record September-October 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 5 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1............................................................... 24 Mapimí District Geology .................................... 32 Sidebar: First Discovery of Adamite at Ojuela................................ 43 Sidebar: Purple...find in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
85728 pmegaw@imdex.com Legrandite Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico W e all love a good detective...was first described in 1932 and was named after “a mine manager . . . Mr. Legrand, of Belgian nationality...collector of minerals who is known to have visited Mexico three times during the early 1900s. The specimen...locality, the Flor de Peña mine, Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Legrandite, Zn2(AsO4)(OH)∙H2O...Peña is an obscure little mine in the state of Nuevo Leon in northernmost Mexico, famous only as the type
Report (issue)
thumbnail-size azurite specimen from the Christiana mine, Laurium, Attika, Greece, which I acquired at the...from the very small 2017 find in the Christiana mine which yielded the specimens seen in Munich later...harm either: Azurite, 4.2 cm, from the Christiana mine, Laurium, Attika, Greece. Greekrocks specimen and...======== Azurite, 1.8 cm, from the Christiana mine, Laurium, Attika, Greece. Greekrocks specimen and...specimens from an autumn 2019 find in the Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia: these
Report (issue)
in 2016 in a disused tunnel of the Sieroszowice mine, and the Spirifer website, with typical conscientiousness... Ag, and Pt-group elements. In the Sieroszowice mine, which exploits both halite and Kupferschiefer,...crystals. Halite, 3.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer...======= Halite, 6.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer...the same region—the locality is given as the Rudna mine, Lubin district, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland—come
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken
Journal (issue)
the Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango, México. Moore and Megaw (2003) described the Ojuela Mine as Mexico’s...plattnerite, aurichalcite, rosasite, fluorite, calcite, wulfenite and other species. Mina Ojuela is also the...Collector that “of all the species from the Ojuela mine, perhaps the least eye-appealing is köttigite... Famous mineral localities: The Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico: Mineralogical Record, v. 34, September...that flow eastward to the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. The sparkling streams of Colorado not only shape
Book
Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border TRACKING GLOBALIZATION Robert J. Foster... Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border elizabeth emma ferry Indiana University...Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border / Elizabeth Emma Ferry. pages cm — (Tracking...States. 2. Minerals—Collection and preservation—Mexico. 3. Rock collectors. 4. Mineral industries—Social...industries—Social aspects. 5. United States—Commerce—Mexico. 6. Mexico—Commerce—United States. I. Title. QE392.5.U5F47
Thesis/Dissertation
The mineralogy of the Mapimí mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction...MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann A Dissertation...Mineralogy of the Mapimi Mining District,______ Durango, Mexico______________________________ be accepted...samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Smithsonian Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino
Book
K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District....... Minerals of Ojuela Mine .... . Velardena District........................ Durango ...............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Aurichalcite Downloaded by [George Mason University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila...tentatively identified on sight. One such mineral, aurichalcite, is traditionally available from a number of...recommended as a Connoisseur’s Choice topic. Aurichalcite varies from pale green to sky-blue; some specimens...1 and 2, and has a measured density of 3.96. Aurichalcite is monoclinic (2/m) and is pseudo-orthorhombic...crystals to 3 cm long have been reported. Many aurichalcite crystals occur in tufted divergent sprays or
Catalog/List
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1995 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. V-shaped cavity in limonitic gossan...40x40x15mm. £10. 4. APATITE. Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico. Several light lemon yellow transparent gemmy...5. APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Cellular matrix lined with lustrous...aragonite matrix. 60x50x45mm. £22. 7. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, USA. A 50x20nan...this is scattered lovely pale greenish-blue aurichalcite as needly ball-like masses to 4mm. 80x70x40mm
Journal (issue)
with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...enough, just across the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are gathering...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...later when Edwin Over paid a visit to the Red Cloud mine and made one of history's most spectacular wulfenite
Catalog/List
beforehand. JULY/AUGUST 2008 1) ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. A shallow cavity in limonitic gossan...40x45c30mm. £75. 2) ANGLESITE on CERUSSITE. Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia. A good six rayed stellate...nice group. 70x60x40mm. £85. 4) AURICHALCITE. Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Cavities in gossan matrix lined...lined with lovely clean blue/green needly xls of aurichalcite. 50x30x25mm. £20. 5) AZURITE. Laurion, Attica...colour. 70x50x40mm. £12. 7) BARYTOCALCITE. Lunehead Mine, Brough, Cumbria. A 50x30mm cavity in matrix lined
Report (issue)
Aurichalcite (Zn, Cu)5(CO3 )2 (OH)6 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...29(3) b = 6.419(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Mapimı́, Mexico. 6.78 (10), 2.61 (8), 3.68 (7), 2.89 (4), 2.72...Loktevskii mine, upper Loktevka River, west Altai Mountains, Russia. At Monteponi, and in the Rosas mine, Sulcis... Cochise Co., in the Silver Hill mine, Pima Co., and at the 79 mine, Gila Co.; from Cerro Gordo, Inyo...Socorro Co., New Mexico. In Utah, from the Tintic district, Juab Co., at the Hidden Treasure mine, Tooele Co
Report (issue)
= 3.3863(4) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ojuela mine, Mexico. 3.500 (100), 2.793 (94), 1.855 (80), 2.469...Chemistry: PbO2 CuO (1) 99.6 0.1 Total 99.7 (1) Ojuela mine, Mexico; by electron microprobe. Polymorphism & Series:...hemimorphite, leadhillite, hydrozincite, rosasite, aurichalcite, murdochite, pyromorphite, wulfenite, calcite...Scotland. In the Tchah Milleh mine, near Anarak, and the Dareh Zandjir mine, near Anjireh, Iran. From Tsumeb...d’Alene district, Shoshone Co., and in the Democrat mine, Gilmore district, Lemhi Co., Idaho; from the Goodsprings
Book (volume)
Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 47 (Cuproadamite...(Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon, Maharastra...Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39 Barite...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan
Report (issue)
Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection (ex...ite; 9.:n,,..._,....,., Santa Eulalia, ch· ualwa, Mexico La Plante photo n� sp ct, Attica, Greece ion;...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...cuprian, apple green smithsonite from Magdalena, New Mexico, which was marketed circa 1908 for jewelry and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Scovil M ining began in Mexico more than four hundred years ago! As a result, Mexico has been a prolific...1960s. European museums received specimens from Mexico as early as the late sixteenth century, but it...American museums began to acquire specimens from Mexico. The Harvard collection is probably typical of...no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro (fig. 1)...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
Report (issue)
sphalerite or smithsonite, and as incrustations in mine workings and caves. Association: Smithsonite, hemimorphite...hemimorphite, willemite, cerussite, aurichalcite, calcite, “limonite”. Distribution: Widespread. A few...Malfidano, near Buggerru, and in the Gutturu Pala mine, north of Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy. In commercial...Texas-Arizona mine, Gunnison Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona. Fine crystals from the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango...Durango, Mexico. From the Tchah Kuh mine, Esfahan, and the Dareh-Bandjir and Mehdi-Abad mines, near Anjireh
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydroxide-carbonates hydrozincite, (Zn)5(CO3)2(OH)6, and aurichalcite, (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6. Table 6 shows data for...(Spain), aurichalcite from Pima County, Arizona (USA) (Harding et al., 1994) and from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi...Mapimi District, Durango (Mexico). Sample Hydrozincite Aurichalcite Locality Udias, Santander Matured prec...prec. Pima County Ojuela mine, Mapimi, (Spain) Stadtborn Arizona (USA) Durango (Mexico) Zn / Cu (at.-%)...750(1) 00006.855(10) 0006.78(1) 0006.779(1) The aurichalcite structure is already stable with a minimum Cu
Catalog/List
140x90x20mm. £18. 3. ANTIMONITE. Xikuangshan Mine, Hunan, China. A single lead grey lustrous xl 110x9x7mn...4. APATITE AND SIDERITE ON QUARTZ. Panasqueria Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugal, An impressive display specimen... 260x120x80mm. £175. 5. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. Tecoma Hill Mine, Lucin District, Box Elder...Co., Utah, USA. Beautiful pale blue tufts of aurichalcite intergrown with colourless sparkling hemimorphite...ironstained matrix. 70x5Ox15mm; £24. 6. AURICHALCITE. Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. A 30x25mm cavity in gossan matrix
Catalog/List
museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky... 53002 CHALCOCITE Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one
Book
anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS
Book
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