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Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

 
Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite from Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 74754
Mineral:Wulfenite on Wulfenite over Calcite
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

 

 

 

 

 

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