Cyprine, Piemontite
Picuris Mountains, Glenwoody District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
FOV = 5mm. Anhedral grains of vesuvianite, var. cyprine. Collected by Jesse Kline. Identity confirmed by Dr Paul Hlava. I consider this a variety of vesuvianite, but New Mexico shows no other occurance so I decided to go with cyprine. Part of a batch of Taos Co., NM specimens gifted us by Jesse. Photographed by and in the collection of Don & ...