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Brochantite from Mexico, Sonora, Milpillas, Milpillas Mine

Synapse Collection
Synapse Collection
San Antonio, Texas, United States
7 for sale·Member since 2025

Product details

Species
BrochantiteAbout Brochantite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.1 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
Added on03/15/2026
Locality
Mexico, Sonora, Milpillas MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
02/2026Synapse CollectionNot disclosed
—Mexico Mineral Co.Not disclosed

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Mineral guide
Learn about Brochantite
emerald-green prisms and silky sprays of a copper sulfate hydroxide; valued for vivid color, varied crystal habits, and copper-collection appeal.
Brochantite
Regional guide
Brochantite from Milpillas Mine, Mexico
from the Milpillas Mine is one of the great modern surprises in copper-mineral collecting: a species long appreciated as green sprays and crusts, suddenly appearing from Sonora in sharp, lustrous, display-quality crystals of exceptional color and scale. Milpillas is better known to many collectors for its azurite and malachite, but the mine also produced brochantite that serious species collectors routinely compare with the finest known examples for the mineral.