Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
Wulfenite (w. kaolinite and kegelite)
Associated Minerals
kaolinite; kegelite
Principal Mineral
Size
Miniature; 35mm
Location in the Mine
Second oxidation zone (?)
Provenance
Grosch, K.; Bruce, I.
Collection
Southwood, M.; MS2014.048
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB425
Description
Amber-coloured wulfenite crystals (to 15 mm) in a shallow vug in corroded sulphide, accompanied by a soft, pearlescent, silky-white intergrowth of kegelite and kaolinite (both XRD indicated).
The specimen was purchased from Ian Bruce (Crystal Classics) in 2014 and was formerly in the collection of Karlheinz Grosch. The location in the mine is not recorded but it is almost certainly from the second oxidation zone.
