Wulfenite
Unknown Owner
Fine bright zoned apricot-orange to mildly burnt-orange crystals of Wulfenite, from the Los Lamentos area in Mexico. Crystals of Wulfenite measuring to 8 mm display a blocky habit, with developed pyramid faced truncated by pinacoid terminations, on a white-grey Calcite matrix coating a dense, well indurated grey limestone. It is the larger Wulfenite crystals which are blocky and colour zoned, all like three-tiered sandwiches of alternating parallel bands of either light-dark-light apricot or dark-light-dark apricot. The smaller crystals are typically bi-pyramidal with truncated pinacoids. The contrast of the Wulfenite's bright glassy lustre against the creamy-white Calcite blades with a satin lustre is delightful. A great Wulfenite from Los Lamentos.
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SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.0 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Added on10/24/2024
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Known provenance
| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| — | Unknown Owner | $750.00 |
| — | Crystal Classics | Not 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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