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Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

 
Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 74103
Mineral:Calcite on Wulfenite
Locality:Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona
Description:Complex cluster of many intersecting translucent yellow-brown bladed wulfenite crystals to 26 mm with thin bladed colorless calcite crystals to 3 mm in the spaces between the wulfenite crystals. Most outer edges of the wulfenite crystals are incomplete. Ex. D. Miller collection #M1761; collected ca. 1960
Overall Size:8.5x6.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-26 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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