Wulfenite (Specimen #100280)

Mineral(s): Wulfenite 

Location: Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona  

Size: Thumbnail – crystal: 1.8 cm 

Description:  A spectacular single crystal of Wulfenite from the famous Red Cloud Mine. The crystal is a deep red/orange colour with growth ridges on the crystal faces. The crystal is in excellent condition with microchips on the crystal edges – a classic.

The mine is currently open for fee collecting on the dumps. Mineralization is a vein deposit, irregular masses and vug linings of argentiferous lead and zinc carbonates with pyrolusite, vanadinite, wulfenite and minor malachite, nodules of partly altered argentiferous galena, and disseminated masses of silver chloride and bromide, in a gangue of iron oxides, quartz, fluorite, calcite, gouge and brecciated wall rock.