Wulfenite

TSNB749
Specimen
Crystal Gems
Exhibit 1. Wulfenite; 70 mm.
Exhibit 1. Wulfenite; 70 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 2. 35 mm field of view.
Exhibit 2. 35 mm field of view.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
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Specimen Title

Wulfenite

Associated Minerals

calcite; dolomite; goethite; hematite; mimetite; quartz

Principal Mineral

Wulfenite

Size

Cabinet; 70mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Provenance

Crystal Gems

Collection

MGMH; 116138

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB749

Description

Thick tabular crystals of lustrous, sherry-brown wulfenite (to 7 mm on edge) on a crust of goethite with red-brown hematite over a shard of crystallised dolomite on quartz. Microcrystals of colourless mimetite (needles to 0.5 mm) and colourless rhombohedral calcite (to 0.3 mm) are also present on the goethite/hematite.


The specimen was acquired from Crystal Gems but with no record of earlier provenance or location in the mine.