the remotest of the Boleo mines, Mina Amelia, produced the most unusual minerals Boleite.
One of the rarest crystals on the planet.
Eduard Cumenge, a French geologist named it after the Boleo company.
4x4abc - 6-1-2024 at 10:09 AM
in the nearby mine Mina Curuglu Cumenge found another rare mineral - he named it after himself.
Cumengeite.
Boleite are perfect cubes, whereas Cumengeite is a perfect six pointed star
Tioloco - 6-1-2024 at 10:14 AM
Pretty interesting stones. Any idea how plentiful they are/were at that mine?AKgringo - 6-1-2024 at 10:15 AM
My dad was a rockhound, and Baja was one of his hunting grounds, but he never brought home either of those crystals. Those are beyond cool!David K - 6-1-2024 at 10:47 AM
Thank you for posting this, Harald.
I recall reading in one of Graham Mackintosh's books how he and his wife hunted crystals near Santa Rosalia.
[Edited on 6-2-2024 by David K]4x4abc - 6-1-2024 at 07:14 PM
Thank you for posting this, Harald.
I recall reading in one of Graham Mackintosh's books (the third, I think) how he and his wife hunted crystals near Santa Rosalia.
the most impressive examples were found recently (1979)David K - 6-2-2024 at 11:57 AM
That may be what spurred Bonni & Graham Mackintosh to prospect there in 1998 for the square-blue crystals of boleite and pseudoboleite? See pages
247-249 of the 2001 book, Journey with a Baja Burro. The Amelia Mine at Canyon Soledad was the reference point.4x4abc - 6-3-2024 at 08:29 AM
sounds like it
did they find any?David K - 6-3-2024 at 11:07 AM
I would ask Graham, he is a member here!BajaBlanca - 6-5-2024 at 01:31 AM
WOW WOW
I did not know!
Boleite: Meaning, Properties, and Benefits You Should Know
allcrystal.com›crystals/boleite/
Did you know that Boleite crystals can appear in different colors depending on how you look at them? This feature, called pleochroism, makes them even
more captivating.shari - 6-5-2024 at 02:53 PM
I sure did not know and this is what I love about Baja Nomad...
thanks for sharing and educating us on interesting baja stuff.
