3.6" Bright Orange Wulfenite Crystals - Rowley Mine, AZ

Bright Orange Wulfenite Crystals - Rowley Mine, AZ #49383

This is a cluster of relatively large, bright orange windowpane wulfenite crystals on a barite matrix from the Rowley Mine in Arizona. The specimen is 3.6 x 1.8" in size, and is very eye catching. Most of the crystals have some chipping and damage, however this is pretty typical due to the delicate nature of this mineral. All of the largest tabular wulfenite is smothered in smaller wulfenite crystals.

Wulfenite is a lead based, molybdate mineral with a chemical formula Pb(MoO4). It forms as a secondary mineral in the oxidation zones of hydrothermal lead deposits, with coloring ranging anywhere between yellow to bright orange and red, and occasionally brown. Typically forming as tabular, stubby or pyramidal crystals, this unique mineral can be both brilliantly transparent and opaque.

While these crystals are safe to hold, due to their being lead based, washing your hands following handling is strongly suggested.

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SPECIES

Wulfenite

LOCATION

Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona

SIZE

3.6x1.6"

3.6" Bright Orange Wulfenite Crystals - Rowley Mine, AZ

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