Wulfenite (Bipyramidal) on Mimetite - image 1
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Wulfenite (Bipyramidal) on Mimetite

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I was able to break up one large specimen with the rare green mimetite (that really looks more like arsendescloizite but XRAY says it is just weird mimetite), to yield a few more displayable miniatures. This was the rarest in the find and the combination I think is completely and totally unique as well as beautiful, compared to anything else out there for the species. This is a very dramatic piece with sharp pointy wulfenites to almost 1 cm on rolling hillocks of mimetite. One wulfenite crystal only has a minute tip ding (hard to see in any case - lower-left photo), the rest are pristine.

Product details

SpeciesWulfenite, Mimetite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.6 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityMexico, Durango, Ojuela Mine

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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Wulfenite
Mineral guide
Learn about Wulfenite
brilliant warm colors and square crystals; prized for rarity of pristine specimens and famed localities like Red Cloud, Touissit, Ojuela.
Wulfenite
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Wulfenite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico - Wulfenite known for orange-yellow prisms, often with mimetite and calcite; a premier, collector-favored locality.