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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 75504
Mineral:Wulfenite on Calcite
Locality:Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent vivid-orange wulfenite crystals over translucent white calcite covering one face of dark gray matrix. The wulfenite crystals are thin, square blades with truncated corners and exhibit phantom-growth internal zones. Collected ca. 2006. See article Red Wulfenite From The Kuruktag Mountains in Mineralogical Record, Jan.-Feb. 2007
Overall Size:11x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:4-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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