Wulfenite

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Well-known at mineral shows during the 1990s, fine lemon-yellow to butterscotch-coloured tabular Wulfenite crystals were discovered at Sidi Amer in the Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Morocco during the 1970s with a few limited finds being made into the late 1990s. However, by the early 2000s most traces of these distinctive specimens had gone. This excellent miniature specimen comes from David Hardman's collection and features two main, upstanding, thick tabular Wulfenite crystals, displaying the typical thick bevelled edge and opaque appearance for which this locality is known. The largest crystal reaches 1.5 cm on edge and both are in very good overall condition with just the slightest of edge chipping. A cluster of thinner, pale creamy butterscotch-coloured intergrown platy crystals can be seen at one end of the specimen. The fine-grained matrix is a similar colour and is probably finely crystallized Wulfenite.