AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Wulfenite on Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 68379 |
Mineral: | Wulfenite on Calcite |
Locality: | Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China |
Description: | Lustrous translucent orange bladed wulfenite crystals on white calcite over gray matrix. The wulfenite crystals are zoned rectangular blades with truncated corners. Second generation small wulfenite crystals grew on some faces of the larger crystals. Collected ca. 2006. See article Red Wulfenite From The Kuruktag Mountains in Mineralogical Record, Jan.-Feb. 2007 |
Overall Size: | 6.5x4.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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