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Rare Species, Ojuela Mine And Sunny Yellows From Mexico | EarthWonders Newsletter #6

Alla Babkina7 minutes

Published: 07.03.2025

EarthWonders Newsletter #6Rare Species, Ojuela Mine And Sunny Yellows From Mexico

This week EarthWonders brings you a new curated category - Rare Species and a spotlight on localities in sunny Mexico including the famous Ojuela Mine. As always, you can read the full version of this newsletter issue in our blog.

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New Listing Category - Rare Species

We have added a curated Rare Species category on EarthWonders with a curated list of items for sale from vetted dealers. Which one is your favourite? Let us know in the comments! Let us know what other species or localities you want to see at newsletter@earthwonders.com or ping us on Instagram.

New Listing Category - Rare Species

New Localities: Enjoy Sunny Yellows From Mexico

Spring is here and the sun is finally out for longer! As the icy blues from EarthWonders newsletter issue 5 and blog post about blue fluorite - is it too good to be true - were really popular, we decided to focus on sunny yellows and refined localities across Mexico. Out of almost 5000 specimens 650 are looking for a new cabinet to call home! Can find your next buy in one of these localities?

See what else we have in Mexico mines including some amazing cumengeite and don't forget to like and comment!

Email or Instagram us your favourite localities and if you can't find them on EarthWonders we will work on them next!

Ojuela Mine, Mexico - LegranditeThe Ojuela mine in Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico produced specimens of many different species, including Ojuelaite named after, well, the Ojuela mine! The mine is more famous for the holy grail of rare mineral collectors - Legrandite. The first occurrence of the species was described from the relatively nearby Flor de Peña Mine and named after a belgian miner who collected the first specimens - Louis C. A. Legrand. No other locality producing Legrandite matches it in colour - the electric lemon yellow is unique to the Ojuela mine. Most notable specimens of legrandite stay put in private collections and museums for decades.More Legrandite from Ojuela Mine

Ojuela Mine - AdamiteOjuela mine is the most famous locality for Adamite and produces yellow-green pinwheel-shaped specimens with amazing luster often growing on a limonite matrix. If you're not impressed with how gemmy it is in daylight - the exceptional UV fluorescence will win you over. Check out the fluorescence images for these specimens in the EarthWonders gallery.More Adamite from Ojuela Mine

Ojuela Mine - WulfeniteWulfenite from Ojuela Mine takes many shapes and colors from blocky butterscotch crystals to sharp slender bipyramids to quirky "sandwich" wulfenite. Ojuela is famous for not only Wulfenite itself but the striking combination of sharp yellow Wulfenite pills on apple-green mimetite. The combination is rare and the contrast of shapes and colors is very aesthetically pleasing so you guessed it - not many are available on the market!More Wulfenite from Ojuela Mine

La Morita Mine - WulfeniteLa Morita Mine produces elegant clusters of tabular Wulfenite with clearly tapered sharp edges. Some of the more recent finds are more yellow than butterscotch in color alone and even brighter when associated with some yellow mimetite. Clearly separated crystals and striking formations make for stunning thumbnails. And as Wulfenite crystals are just too thin to cut, well-shaped undamaged specimens are highly valued. More Wulfenite From La Morita Mine