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Clinoclase, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico ?
  
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PostPosted: Oct 26, 2021 19:01    Post subject: Clinoclase, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico ?  

Hello, Does anyone have any knowledge concerning the occurrence of Clinoclase at a locality in/near Boleo in Baja California, Mexico? I have acquired a specimen with an old typewritten Herb Obodda label (highly reputable dealer from New York active in the 60s-70s-80s-90s). I am especially interested in any Journal articles describing the locality. Sadly Mindat does not identify the locality in its database for Clinoclase.


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 Mineral: Clinoclase
 Locality:
Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico
 Dimensions: 17 x 15 mm
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 Mineral: Clinoclase
 Locality:
Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico
 Dimensions: 3 x 2 mm (approx.)
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Herb Obodda specimen with original label. Mine locality only listed as "Boleo, Baja California, Mexico,"
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 Mineral: Clinoclase
 Locality:
Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico
 Dimensions: 17 x 15 mm
 Description:
Herb Obodda specimen with original typewritten label. Mine locality only listed as "Boleo, Baja California, Mexico,"
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PostPosted: Oct 27, 2021 04:45    Post subject: Re: Clinoclase, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico ?  

Hi,

I'm not an expert on this area or on clinoclase, but just a guess: Is it confirmed that this is clinoclase? Could it be atacamite? I think I have seen similiar ones from that area ...

But you could ask Peter Megaw - I think he will know :-)

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PostPosted: Oct 27, 2021 04:53    Post subject: Re: Clinoclase, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico ?  

There is hardly any arsenic in the Boleo district, so clinoclase seems unlikely.
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PostPosted: Oct 27, 2021 08:51    Post subject: Re: Clinoclase, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico ?  

Hello, All I have to go on is the old label from Herb Obodda, whose collection was ultimately purchased by Arkenstone. Mr. Obodda was a highly reputable dealer, but that doesn't mean somebody got the identification wrong. I'll check the image repository on Mindat for atacamite with Boleo mining districts' provenance.
Thanks everyone for your valued assistance!
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PostPosted: Oct 27, 2021 09:36    Post subject: Re: Clinoclase, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico ?  

The Mineralogical Record issue on Boleo (v. 29, n.1) makes no mention of clinoclase, nor is it listed as reported for the locality on Mindat.
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PostPosted: Nov 02, 2021 13:47    Post subject: Re: Clinoclase, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico ?  

Tobi wrote:
Hi,

I'm not an expert on this area or on clinoclase, but just a guess: Is it confirmed that this is clinoclase? Could it be atacamite? I think I have seen similiar ones from that area ...

But you could ask Peter Megaw - I think he will know :-)

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Hello All, thank you for your responses. I have reached out to the Smithsonian NMNH and received the following reply:
"Mr. French,
Your e-mail of 30 October, concerning Mexican atacamite, has been forwarded to me for reply. Checking Wilson, I. V. and V. S. Rocha (1955. Geology and Ore deposits of the Boleo copper district Baja California, Mexico. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 273), atacamite is listed (page 71) as being found in Boléo. However, further work on Boléo specimens, cited in Bariand, P., et al. (1998. Mexico Special Issue I. Boléo. The Mineralogical Record. 29:1:1-49), note that the species is in fact paratacamite (page 42). Your inquiry prompted me to check our collection, and sure enough we have five specimens from Boléo listed as atacamite. One of them looks exactly like your specimens. Unfortunately for you, none of our specimens nor the references cited above, give exact mine localities. As a side note, the Obodda label is a rarity on its own.
I hope this information is of assistance to you. Also, thank you for calling attention to this as I can now correct the labels and database for our specimens.

Paul W. Pohwat

Collection Manager (Minerals)

Division of Mineralogy

National Museum of Natural History

(Smithsonian Institution)
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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2021 19:07    Post subject: Re: Clinoclase, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico ?  

Hello, somehow missed this. I also have paratacamite that looks like this and would agree with Alfredo that an arsenate from Boleo would be exceptional given an overall lack of arsenic
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