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Wulfenite from Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, 3 km northwest of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

 
Wulfenite from Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, 3 km northwest of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Wulfenite from Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, 3 km northwest of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

DESCRIPTION:No. 14271
Mineral:Wulfenite
Locality:Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, 3 km northwest of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Description:Crusty white matrix of quartz with many orange wulfenite crystals up to 4 mm. The matrix is white quartz with micro crystals of green pyromorphite. See the recent article on this old mine in Rocks and Minerals magazine, March/April 2001.
Overall Size:11x9x4 cm
Crystals:2-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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