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Wulfenite on Fluorite with Calcite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona

 
Wulfenite on Fluorite with Calcite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona

Wulfenite on Fluorite with Calcite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Wulfenite on Fluorite with Calcite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 56525
Mineral:Wulfenite on Fluorite with Calcite
Locality:Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous translucent red-orange wulfenite crystals to 10 mm on translucent greenish fluorite with translucent white calcite crystals to 0.5 mm. The fluorite fluoresces purple under UV illumination, the calcite fluoresces white. One crystal is incomplete.
Overall Size:4x2.5x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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