98ecaotr ((BOLEITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico, 3 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm, Miniature | |
Here is a uncommon specimen with a Boleite on matrix. If the matrix gets wet, it sucks up the water and disintegrates. This matrix has been stabilized with Elmers glue and water applied with an eye dropper which is common way used to stabilized. Here is an undamaged 4 mm cubic blue Boleite crystal with octahedral modifications, showing up on the corners of the cube, on matrix. There is another area with a group of micro crystalline blue Boleite. |