Archivo: Calcite-Rosasite-rosa02a

Descripción: Calcite, Rosasite Locality: Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.4 cm Rosasite with Calcite An undulating, velvety carpet of richly colored, blue-green, rosasite on a matrix of solid limonite. Scattered about on the rosasite are glassy and gemmy, colorless rhombohedra of calcite, to .5 cm across. The specimen has an ethereal beauty about it and is "flowing" in person in a way the photos do not describe very well. Worldwide, rosasite is a rare species and these are rich specimens.
Título: Calcite-Rosasite-rosa02a
Créditos: Image: http://www.irocks.com/db_pics/new2010/rosa02a.jpg, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Rosasite&page=4
Autor(a): Robert M. Lavinsky
Términos de Uso: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Licencia: CC BY-SA 3.0
Enlace de Licencia: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
¿Se exige la atribución?: Sí