NBR14CD5: Isolated Anglesite crystals, with well defined and slightly yellowish faces and edges, pseudomorphed by Cerussite on a rock matrix covered by Goethite and secondary copper minerals that give this bluish appearance to the Goethite. This striking coating was even said to be Plumbogummite, but this piece has been analyzed, ruling out the existence of that species.
A Spanish classic from the Corta San Valentín in the La Unión mining district in Murcia.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2023)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.2 × 6 cm = 3.46” × 2.44” × 2.36”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”
With analysis copy
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