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Wulfenite coated with drusy Quartz on Hemimorphite with Descloizite from Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

 
Wulfenite coated with drusy Quartz on Hemimorphite with Descloizite from Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Wulfenite coated with drusy Quartz on Hemimorphite with Descloizite from Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Wulfenite coated with drusy Quartz on Hemimorphite with Descloizite from Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 49280
Mineral:Wulfenite coated with drusy Quartz on Hemimorphite with Descloizite
Locality:Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona
Description:Translucent orange wulfenite crystals to 9 mm on sky-blue layer of hemimorphite. Translucent drusy quartz completely coats the wulfenite and hemimorphite, but there color shows through from beneath. Brown descloizite micros scattered throughout.
Overall Size:6x5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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