Milpillas Shattuckite!

The Milpillas mine has been wowing collectors for years, first with its azurites, then as the years progressed excellent examples of volborthite, malachite, cuprite, and brochantite were also recovered. The latest major find from this mine has been shattuckite.  These started coming out about a year ago, as inclusions in quartz and gradually progressed to actual orbs of the mineral.  I posted a small group a while back, though am pleased to report that the quality has continued to improve-- in many ways, if not for the matrix (chrysocolla/ aurichalcite instead of quartz) some of these are even indistinguishable from the more famous (and expensive) examples from Namibia's Kaokoveld Plateau.