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Wulfenite with Mimetite

Unknown Owner
The red cloud mine is widely regarded as on of the premiere mineral localities in the world for fine wulfenite crystals. This specimen is a fine example of the excellent quality that the Red Cloud has to offer. The contrasting black and white matrix serves to showcase the bright orange wulfenite crystals with a druze of small mimetite crystals. The luster on the wulfenite crystals is top notch. The crystals are in good condition and are distributed nicely across the specimen with the focal point being the largest crystals at the top of the specimen.

Product details

Species
Wulfenite, MimetiteAbout Wulfenite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.5 x 4.7 x 1.8 cm
Added on03/26/2025
Locality
USA, Arizona, Red Cloud MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
09/2025Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—DanZ RockshopNot 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 Red Cloud Mine, Arizona, USA
Red Cloud wulfenite is the Arizona classic by which red wulfenite is still judged: lustrous, fiery orange-red to rose-red tablets of Pb(MoO4), typically poised on dark gossan, brecciated quartz, fluorite, or calcite-rich matrix. The best crystals have the combination serious collectors prize most—saturated color, high luster, sharp tetragonal form, translucency to transparency, and a certain improbable poise: thin square plates standing upright like red glass panes in a desert fissure.