AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Wulfenite

Search

 

Online Mineral Museum Archive of Mineral Photographs and Mineral Descriptions from John Betts - 
Fine Minerals.com and Allminerals.com

   

Wulfenite from Kombat Mine, 49 km south of Tsumeb, Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland District, Namibia

 
Wulfenite from Kombat Mine, 49 km south of Tsumeb, Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland District, Namibia

Wulfenite from Kombat Mine, 49 km south of Tsumeb, Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland District, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 23534
Mineral:Wulfenite
Locality:Kombat Mine, 49 km south of Tsumeb, Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland District, Namibia
Description:Unusual crystals, elongated along the c-axis, of yellow-to-gray wulfenite crystals covering front and back of a plate of matrix, many doubly-terminated. At first look these appear to be mimetite crystals, but the square cross-section makes it wulfenite.
Overall Size:10x8x3 cm
Crystals:5-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

© AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals All Rights Reserved

The minerals illustrated on this site are presented for reference purposes only. The owner of this site did not collect the minerals and collectors should not assume access is permitted to the property based on inclusion in this museum. Please contact the property owner to obtain legal permission before entering private property. ;