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 Costa Mesa Gallery 2006a

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This gallery is a mix of Ojuela Mine minerals updated after the Costa Mesa Spring Show.   May 2006
 

 


rcmsl1- Rosasite, Calcite - $75  ON HOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm

 

Undamaged Rosasite with minor Calcite.


cmsl2- Adamite - $100  ON HOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
6 x 4.5 x 3 cm

 

Yellow lustrous Adamite.  

 


cmsl3- Conichalcite (Cuprian Austinite?), Calcite  - $75  ON HOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
8 x 4 x 4 cm

 

 

Dark green crystals with associated lustrous Calcite (minor damage to Calcite).   

 


cmsl4- Adamite - $100  ON HOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
7 x 5 x 3 cm

 

 

Two round cluster of yellow lustrous Adamite.    

 


cmsl5 - Calcite on Conichalcite - $200  on hold
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
10 x 5 x 4 cm

 

Undamaged lustrous Calcite on green Conichalcite.

 


cmsl6- Kottigite - $200  ON HOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
8 x 5 x 2.5 cm

 

 

Here is are spray of a very rare mineral and very similar to Legrandite, only blue grey instead of yellow.  Like Legrandite, it has not been found in 30 years at the Ojeula.    


cmsl7- Conichalcite (Cuprian Austinite?), Calcite  - $75  on hold
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
5.5 x 5 x 3 cm

 

 

Dark green crystals with a single crystal of associated lustrous Calcite. 

 


cmsl8  - Cuprian Adamite, Calcite - $75  ON HOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
5.5 x 4 x 2 cm

 

 

Blue green Cuprian Adamite with associated Calcite. 


cmsl9- Conichalcite (Cuprian Austinite?), Calcite  - $75   on hold
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
6.5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

 

Dark green crystals with an overgrowth of lighter green crystals with associated lustrous Calcite. 

 


cmsl10  - Kottigite - $100  on hold
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
6 x 3.5 x 1 cm

 

 

Many acicular crystals on the front and back of a very rare mineral and very similar to Legrandite, only blue grey instead of yellow.  Like Legrandite, it has not been found in 30 years at the Ojeula.

 


cmsl11- Rosasite, Calcite - $75   ON HOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
6 x 3.5 x 3 cm

 

Flowing Rosasite with gemmy water clear lustrous Calcite. 

 


cmsl12  - Adamite - $75   on hold
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
7 x 6 x 2 cm

 

Yellow lustrous Adamite.  

 


cmsl13 - Conichalcite (Cuprian Austinite?), Calcite  - $75
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
7 x 5 x 3 cm

 

A couple of terminated lustrous Calcites on green sparkling crystals of Conichalcite (which may actually be cuprian austinite). 

 

cmsl14  - Adamite - $100
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
7.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm

 

Yellow gemmy lustrous Adamite. 


cmsl15 - Conichalcite (Cuprian Austinite?), Calcite  - $50
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
5 x 3.5 x 3 cm

 

Dark green crystals with an overgrowth of lighter green crystals.  Associated Calcite with damage to peripheral crystals. 

 


 

cmsl16  - Adamite, Chalcophanite - $125
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm


 

 

Yellow lustrous Adamite with sphericals of gray Chalcophanite.

 


cmsl17 - Calcite on Conichalcite - $150
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
9.5 x 6 x 5 cm

 

Undamaged lustrous Calcite on green Conichalcite. 

 


cmsl18 - Kottigite - $100
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
6.5 x 6 x 3 cm

 

Here is a very rare mineral and very similar to Legrandite, only blue grey instead of yellow.  Like Legrandite, it has not been found in 30 years at the Ojeula.    

 


cmsl19 - Conichalcite (Cuprian Austinite?), Calcite  - $50
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
5.5 x 3 x 3.5 cm

 

Bubbly mounds of dark green sparkling crystals.

 

 


cmsl20  - Cuprian Adamite - $100
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
7.5 x 5 x 3 cm

 

A druze of light bluish sparkling Adamite crystals. 


cmsl21 - Conichalcite (Cuprian Austinite?), Calcite  - $50
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
7 x 6 x 2.5 cm

 

Dark green crystals with an overgrowth of lighter green crystals. 

 


cmsl22  - Adamite - $100
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm

 

Undamaged lustrous Adamite crystals with darker phantom cores.

 


cmsl24  - Adamite - $75
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango Mexico
5 x 5 x 3 cm

 

Undamaged lustrous yellow Adamite crystals.  

 



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