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Legrandite
Small, sparkling rosettes of brilliantly yellow, translucent legrandite crystals crown this contrasting matrix of drusy siderite, itself fairly lustrous. Most people assume that the Ojuela Mine in Durango was the type locality for legrandite but this is not true it was found here first, if more sparsely and in smaller crystals. Specimens of this original type locality material is extremely scarce and only turn up in old collections, generally of people who heavily collected Mexico material in the 1950s- 1960s when it came out. This is a large, beautiful plate and should be considered an extreme rarity, a piece of mineralogical history almost by today's standards. Ex. Consie Prince Collection.
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Species
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.1 x 6.6 x 3.9 cm
Locality
Added on10/23/2024
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Known provenance
2024/08
Unknown Owner
Not disclosed—Species and Locality Wiki Pages
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