Wulfenite (w. mimetite)

TSNB437
Specimen
Latz, C.V.
Exhibit 1. Wulfenite (w. mimetite); 170 mm.
Exhibit 1. Wulfenite (w. mimetite); 170 mm.
Image Credit: Jeff Scovil

Specimen Title

Wulfenite (w. mimetite)

Associated Minerals

dolomite; mimetite

Principal Mineral

Wulfenite

Size

Cabinet; 170mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Provenance

Latz, C.V.

Collection

Geoscience Australia; R28888

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB437

Description

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.