Wulfenite, Barite

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Wulfenite and barite, 13 cm, from the San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico. Collected in 1998 when I was a partner with Wayne Thompson and Ed Swoboda on mining wulfenite in northern Mexico. I pulled this out of a cavity filled with cold water. Evan Jones specimen and photo.

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SizeCabinet
Dimensions13.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Self Collected Minerals page 266
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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Ed SwobodaNot disclosed
—Wayne ThomsonNot disclosed

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brilliant warm colors and square crystals; prized for rarity of pristine specimens and famed localities like Red Cloud, Touissit, Ojuela.
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San Francisco Mine, Mexico - classic wulfenite locality in Sonora, yielding transparent yellow-orange wulfenite, mimetite, and barite; prized for gemmy crystal…