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Mimetite, Wulfenite

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A narrow pocket filled with brushy blooms of yellow mimetite on limonite matrix. If you look closely at this specimen in person, you can see down in the narrow opening between the mimetite blooms a rather sizeable crystal of fellow lead-mineral wulfenite.

Product details

SpeciesWulfenite, Mimetite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.6 x 4.4 x 3.4 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
Regional guide
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.