wulfenite (w. mimetite)

TSNB437

Specimen

Exhibit 1. Wulfenite (w. mimetite); 170 mm.
Exhibit 1. Wulfenite (w. mimetite); 170 mm.
Image Credit: Jeff Scovil

Title

wulfenite (w. mimetite)

Principal Mineral

Wulfenite

Size

Cabinet; 170mm

Collection

Geoscience Australia R28888

Provenance

Latz, C.V.

Entry Type

Specimen TSNB437

A sugary dolomite-encrusted matrix, including some hollow epimorphic (?) dolomite structures, partly carpeted with white to very pale yellow mimetite crystals and a plentiful scattering of tabular reddish-brown wulfenite crystals (to 15 mm).

The specimen is from the Clement Latz Collection, which was donated to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in 1976.

dolomite; mimetite