AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Mimetite with Wulfenite |
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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