New Finds From Mapimi: Rosasite from a January 2010 Pocket

New Finds From Mapimi:
Rosasite from a January 2010 Pocket

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OJUELAROSA-11 - Rosasite - $ 450 SOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 9 x 5.8 x 2.8 cm

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A series of connected, undulating, velvety, botryoids of intensely colored blue-green rosasite almost cover this extended limonite matrix. The largest botryoid measures 2.25 cm across. Rosasite is , overall, a fairly rare species and this is a large and beautiful example

OJUELAROSA-06 - Rosasite with Calcite - $ 1800 SOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
cabinet, 10 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm

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A stunning piece! It is smothered by thick rosasite on all sides but the back. An almost solid base of massive rosasite ultimately leads to a large central mound upon which velvety botryoids of richly colored blue-green rosasite are emplaced ( to 2.0 cm across). The upper half of the specimen is liberally sprinkled with super-glassy and gemmy, colorless rhombohedra of calcite, to 1 cm across. The piece is perhaps the most 3-dimensional in the lot here, and in person is very dramatic and colorful. This is a very imposing and dramatic specimen, significant for the locality and even more, by worldwide standards for this normally rare species.

OJUELAROSA-05 - Rosasite - $ 600 SOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 7.3 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm

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Emplaced in a vug of limonite is a single long and continuous intergrown, undulating, velvety, botryoidal growth of richly colored blue-green rosasite. The form and color of the rosasite contrasts beautifully with the underlying solid brown limonite. A rich specimen of this normally rare species, and of high quality for the locale

OJUELAROSA-02 - Rosasite with Calcite - $ 900 SOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.4 cm

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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.

OJUELAROSA-01 - Rosasite with Calcite - $ 1800 SOLD
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 10.1 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm

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Aesthetically nestled in a vug of solid limonite, this is a natural pocket cavity. Protected within is a layer of intense blue rosasite upon which are sparkling, glassy and gemmy, colorless, calcite crystals, to 6 mm across. Many calcites are actually included by rosasite, it seems. A few, tabular, white, 2-3mm barite crystals are scattered on the calcite. The color and texture contrast between the limonite and the rosasite, and to the sparkling lustre of the calcite, is vivid and mesmerizing. It really is "different." This piece is also admittedly priced at a premium for the result of this color and lustre combination - really the most sparkly and visually stunning Ojuela rosasite specimen, overall, that I can recall seeing. Also, such an inclusion is extremely unusual at this mine or any other (most blue in calcites, is aurichalcite).

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Rob Lavinsky, rob@irocks.com

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