Scorodite with Lepidocrocite & Beudantite on Quartz

📍Lagoa Mine (Cerquido Mine), Estorãos, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Dimensions: 44 / 25 / 22 mm
Ex. Luigi Chiappino

This specimen comes from the Lagoa Mine (also known as Cerquido Mine) in Portugal. Inside a quartz cavity, yellow pyromorphite crystals bloom like flowers, accompanied by deep red lepidochrocite and beudantite. Some pyromorphite crystals are exposed right at the cavity’s opening, gleaming brightly, while many more lie deeper inside, glowing beautifully when illuminated.

The piece was collected by Italian collector Luigi Chiappino, renowned for his extensive field collecting across Europe.