Molybdofornacite

Origin: Mahoney dist., Tres Hermanas Mts., Luna Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Lime green, platy micro crystals to 0.2 mm with acicular malachite.
  
Lime green very micro, platy crystals to less than 0.1 mm scattered in and about acicular malachite.
  
Light yellowish green, very micro, play crystals to less than 0.1 mm with wulfenite.
  
Lime green platy crystals to about 0.1 mm associated with wulfenite and malachite.
  
Light lime-green, platy microcrystals of molybdofornacite in clusters to 0.1 mm. Assocaited with darker green malachite balls.
Origin: San Pablo mine, Inca de Oro, Chile
Sample size: 6 x 3 x 2 cm (top), 5 x 3 x 3 cm (2nd row), 6 x 6 x 4 cm (3rd row), 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm (4th row), 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm (5th/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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