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José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexicoi
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a Calcite pocket

José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
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View to el Castillo

José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
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View of the Calcite mine

José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
00251930017272066334191.jpg
a Calcite pocket

José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
03514800017272066331469.jpg
View to el Castillo

José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
07052790017272066335124.jpg
View of the Calcite mine

José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
00251930017272066334191.jpg
a Calcite pocket

José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
03514800017272066331469.jpg
View to el Castillo

José María Patoni, San Juan del Río Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
24° 52' 44'' North , 104° 26' 49'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
24.87894,-104.44714
GRN:
N17W68
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
José María Patoni518 (2018)0.1km
Francisco Primo Verdad651 (2018)2.9km
Colonia Benito Juárez122 (2013)3.3km
Atotonilco203 (2018)5.7km
Otilio Montaño215 (2018)6.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
35964
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:35964:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Mina La Mosca
Name(s) in local language(s):
José María Patoni (Menores de Arriba), San Juan del Río, Durango, México


These mining works are famous worldwide for the purity, transparence and crystallographic complexity of its calcite crystals. These specimens were formed by mineral rich hydrothermal fluids flowing through rhyolitic pyroclastic materials, where they found faults and fissures, a perfect place to grow. The calcite fluoresces under long-wave UV light.

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1 valid mineral.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3

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References

Jurgeit, M. (2004) Les extraordinaires macles de calcite de Patoni, Durango, Mexique: Le Règne Minéral: 59: 37-45.
Jurgeit, Joachim (2005) Die Calcit-Fundstelle Patoni im Bundesstaat Durango, Mexiko [The Patoni calcite site in Durango State, Mexico]. Mineralien Welt, 16 (2). 48-55
Jurgeit, Matthias (2005) Neuigkeiten von Patoni, Mexico [News from Patoni, Mexico]. Mineralien Welt, 16 (3). 9
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