Olivenite

TSNB982
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Olivenite; 32 mm.
Exhibit 1. Olivenite; 32 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Olivenite

Principal Mineral

Olivenite

Size

Miniature; 32mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB982

Description

An intergrowth of four blackish-green, highly lustrous, composite prisms of olivenite, each comprising tight closely sub-parallel aggregates of blade-like crystallites. The specimen is matrix-free and no other minerals are associated.

The specimen is in the collection of Sharon and Eugene Cisneros.