Mineral: Hemimorphite
Locality: Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Dimensions: 12 x 10 x 6 cm / main crystal: 3.3 cm
Description: Mass: 321 g
MIM number:2045
Hedgehog of elongated white and lustrous crystals developed on a hemispherical limonite mound. The base of the crystals is black, and the smaller crystals are transparent and colorless.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Ex collection: Paul Stahl (Germany)
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