Mineral: Volborthite
Locality: Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm / main crystal: 2 cm.
Description: Mass: 24 g
MIM number: 1485
Very smooth and lustrous dark green crystals, some in a V-shape (probably twinned crystals), intact and on a little bit of gray matrix
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record, Sep-Oct 2021"
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