DESCRIPTION: | No. 74754
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Mineral: | Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite
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Locality: | Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China |
Description: | Two generations of lustrous orange transparent-to-translucent wulfenite crystals over white calcite. The first wulfenite crystals are thin square blades, with truncated corners and internal zoning, and a second generation of smaller wulfenite crystals. Collected ca. 2006. See article Red Wulfenite From The Kuruktag Mountains in Mineralogical Record, Jan.-Feb. 2007 |
Overall Size: | 11x8x7 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 17 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |