| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | pmegaw@imdex.com Legrandite Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico W e all love a good detective story...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...the type locality, the Flor de Peña mine, Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Legrandite, Zn2(AsO4)(OH)∙H2O...2000). Flor de Peña is an obscure little mine in the state of Nuevo Leon in northernmost Mexico, famous |
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