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Wulfenite with Hemimorphite-Quartz overgrowth from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

 
Wulfenite with Hemimorphite-Quartz overgrowth from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Wulfenite with Hemimorphite-Quartz overgrowth from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Wulfenite with Hemimorphite-Quartz overgrowth from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Wulfenite with Hemimorphite-Quartz overgrowth from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Wulfenite with Hemimorphite-Quartz overgrowth from Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 76445
Mineral:Wulfenite with Hemimorphite-Quartz overgrowth
Locality:Finch Mine, north of Hayden, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona
Description:Translucent orange wulfenite crystals to 7 mm coated with drusy quartz microcrystals on a pale-blue layer of hemimorphite on gray matrix. The orange color of the wulfenite is visible beneath. The hemimorphite fluoresces white under UV illumination. Collected in 1997
Overall Size:24x20x9 mm
Crystals:micro to 7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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