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Mimetite with Wulfenite from San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico

 
Mimetite with Wulfenite from San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico

Mimetite with Wulfenite from San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico

Mimetite with Wulfenite from San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico

Mimetite with Wulfenite from San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico

Mimetite with Wulfenite from San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico

Mimetite with Wulfenite from San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico

Mimetite with Wulfenite from San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 72712
Mineral:Mimetite with Wulfenite
Locality:San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, north of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico
Description:Many convoluted cavities running through gray matrix lined with translucent orange mimetite crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 3 mm intermixed with lustrous transparent yellow bladed wulfenite crystals to 8 mm. Collected ca. 1985. For more information see: Famous Mineral Localities - San Francisco Mine in Mineralogical Record v.35, #6, p.41.
Overall Size:7x6x5 cm
Crystals:micro to 8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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