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Wulfenite

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A half dozen elongated rectangular crystals of intensely saturated wulfenite jut up from the contrasting brown matrix of this specimen. The luster is excellent with mirror bright reflections bouncing off the blades. A very fine modern classic from Arizona. Ex. Mel Bersch

Product details

Species
WulfeniteAbout Wulfenite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Added on09/13/2025
Locality
USA, Arizona, Red Cloud MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
03/2026Unknown 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.