8hhmr.nr ((BARAHONAITE-Al)), $40 MINIMUM BID, 80' adit, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6.5 x 4 x 4 cm | |
Rare species and an excellent speciment covered with the small light aqua blue spherical of Barahonaite-Al. This was collected just prior to the underground entrances being sealed by the state of Utah and just prior to be approved as a new species. Although found at Gold Hill years ago with the work to get it described as a new species, long delays left the type locality for Barahonaite-Fe to find and get the work completed to describe this new species as type locality in Spain. Even though first found in Utah. |