I’ve added great new specimens to the website in this Mexico Update (click here). This update includes several mineral species for which Mexico is famous, including adamite, austinite, wulfenite, danburite and datolite. It also features great specimens of quartz from the John S. White quartz collection. And there is some interesting provenance in this update as well: in addition to John’s specimens, there are specimens from Tracy Kimmel, Peter Bancroft, Peter Megaw, Larry Conklin, John Dutrizac and more.

Adamite, (with pink core zoning) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Field of view 4.0 cm

Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico – 5.8 cm

Adamite, same specimen as above, under UV light

Austinite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico – 10.3 cm

Austinite, close-up of the above specimen
Field of view 2.0 cm

Wulfenite, Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos Mtns., Chihuahua, Mexico – 10 cm

Legrandite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Field of view 2.0 cm

Köttigite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Field of view 3.0 cm

Wulfenite, Mimetite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Field of view 3.0 cm

Arsenopyrite (with pyrite), pseudomorph after pyrrhotite,
6th Level, Inglaterra Mine, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico – 5.7 cm

Pyrrhotite, galena, El Potosí Mine, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico – 3.9 cm

Fluorite, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico – 6.2 cm

Pyrite, Calcite, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico – 10.6 cm

Datolite with inclusions of pyrite and chalcopyrite
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico – 8.8 cm

Quartz var. Citrine, Level 16, San Bartolo Mine, Charcas, Mun. de Charcas,
San Luis Potosí, Mexico – 6.8 cm

Quartz with siderite, pseudomorph after calcite, 8th Level, San Antonio Mine,
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico – 7.8 cm

Quartz, Tunnel Orebody, 4th Level, Potosí Mine, West Camp,
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico – 5.1 cm

Quartz var. Amethyst on Danburite, Charcas, Mun. de Charcas,
San Luis Potosí, Mexico – 5.3 cm

Quartz, var. chalcedony, Estacion Trancas, Chihuahua, Mexico – 5.3 cm

Same specimen above, under UV light

Quartz, var. chalcedony, Estacion Trancas, Chihuahua, Mexico – 4.1 cm

Same specimen above, under UV light

Quartz, Doctor Arroyo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico – 7.3 cm

Quartz var. Scenic Jasper, Sierra Madre, approximately 100 miles N. of Copper Canyon,
W. Chihuahua, Mexico – 11.5 cm

Quartz, variety amethyst, Piedra Parada, Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico – 4.6 cm

Quartz, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico – 6.8 cm

Quartz, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico – 4.4 cm

Quartz, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico – 4.4 cm

Quartz, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico – 4.2 cm

Quartz, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico – 4.1 cm

Quartz, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico – 3.8 cm

Quartz, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico – 4.1 cm