Parasymplesite

Origin: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Sample size: 9 x 6.5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Chocolate brown prismatic crystals to 5 mm in a 1.5 x 1 cm area
Origin: Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas, Morocco
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm
 
  
Bluish grey, submetallic looking, radiating crystals to 8 mm
Origin: Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Grey-blue crystals of parasymplesite mixed with koettigite on matrix
Origin: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
Sample size: 3 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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