Calcite on Wulfenite from Defiance Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona
Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 74103
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| Mineral: | Calcite on Wulfenite
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| 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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