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9.0 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm. A CLASSIC and beautiful boxwork specimen of paper-thin, transparent, honey-yellow wulfenite crystals richly and attractively sprinkled with tiny, off-white calcite crystals from the famous Glove Mine of Arizona. The largest crystal is 2.7 cm. Ex. University of Texas at Austin Colonel E.M. Barron Bequest (1960s) and Lloyd Tate Collection. Karl Warning purchased this showy piece from Lloyd Tate in Austin in 1987.
7 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm. Lovely plate of super-lustrous butterscotch Wulfies from the well-known locality in Morocco. The luster is absolutely mirror-like, and the color is very nice. The crystals are quite variable - some ranging from gemmy to translucent to opaque. The largest crystal is a full 1.5 cm across.
3.9 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm. Highly lustrous, midnight-blue azurite blades with embedded matrix and glassy, caramel-colored wulfenite crystals make for a showy, excellent and uncommon Tsumeb specimen. The ELECTRIC BLUE highlights on the azurite crystals are striking! The wulfenite crystal hidden between the tips of the azurite blades is particularly neat. Ex. Marshall Sussman to Steve Phillips to George Elling Collections.
18.7 x 11.1 x 6.2 cm. A LARGE specimen with seven sizeable, blocky, isolated crystals of wulfenite, of the form and color typical for this locality. The crystals measure to 1.5 cm. Their surfaces are a bit rough from natural etching.
8.1 x 7.1 x 4.4 cm. From the rare and exciting find in October of 2006 of bright red CHINESE wulfenite! The crystals on this specimen actually do have the best fire-engine red color and super luster, even if small (as are most of the crystals from this find). This is a rich and pretty representative specimen from this important locality find.
5.1 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm. This is a beautiful miniature size specimen. This piece consists of a group of highly aesthetic, sharp, tabular, GEM/gemmy, rich orange crystals of Wulfenite on Limonite matrix. One of the crystals is an amazingly water clear "window pane" habit crystal with rich orange color. A fine specimen from one of the single most important localities in the Western United States. Considering that this locality has been completely buried and never will be mined again, these specimens are commanding a premium nowadays. There were only two significant finds in the history of this mine with regard to gem "window panes", and these pieces are rare seen in any format around the world.
2.2 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm. A GORGEOUS and AESTHETIC thumbnail of a highly gemmy and lustrous, 1.2 cm, orange-red wulfenite crystal with sharp beveled edges and beautifully upright on calcite crystal-covered matrix from the famous 2002 Red Gem Pocket at the Red Cloud Mine. The Red Cloud Mine is forever closed.
7.8 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm. New finds of wulfenite are very rare, so this find of wulfenite in the Kuruktag Mountains of China not long ago caused a lot of excitement (you may have seen the article in the Mineralogical Record). These crystals are not large (very few specimens from this locality have large crystals), but they richly cover the matrix, and have bright orange/red color, and good luster and "sparkle."
9.6 x 7.7 x 7.4 cm. A vug richly filled with gemmy orange "windowpane" crystals of wulfenite, intermixed with balls of translucent mimetite. This is a classic association from this Mexican locality. This is a beautiful and sizeable specimen!
18.2 x 9.5 x 3.1 cm. A BIG and super-rich specimen of bright, bladed wulfenites, with superb glassy luster, on a layer of powdery yellow mimetite. Ex. Eugene Sensel collection, comes with his label. These old-timers are very hard to obtain now. There is a handwritten note with this specimen that shows it to have been purchased (by Sensel?) in 1959, for $25 (which was good money for a rock half a century ago.). The back of the Sensel label shows it to have been in the Hauck collection in 1972. These have of course become a lot rarer since then. This is a large, unusually impressive plate. Although there is some damage, it is largely intact and glistens with color...and glassy lustre makes it sparkle mightily, too. This is from the Collins Vein, 9th Level of the mine. Very characteristic old material!
4.3 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm. A 1.1 cm, gemmy and lustrous red-orange wulfenite crystal with sharp beveled edges nicely placed on mounded matrix with a few smaller wulfies from the 2002 effort at the very famous and now-closed Red Cloud Mine. This is a showy, fine piece, even with the edge bruise/contact (not sure which) on the large wulfenite crystal. Dealer stock from the recently deceased Ernie Schlichter.
5.2 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm. Two whopper, waxy orange crystals of wulfenite, tightly intergrown with one another. The larger is almost 3 cm along the edge! No damage, either.
9.3 x 6.0 x 5.3 cm. An EXCELLENT and SHOWY specimen of quartz replacing wulfenite crystals on sparkly, gray, drusy quartz-covered matrix from the famous Finch Mine of Arizona. The large crystal is 7 mm. I particularly like the separated, tiered vugs and shape of the matrix; it looks like a spear-point or ship’s bow. This is one of the rarest Arizona replacement specimens available on the market.
4.1 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm. An aesthetic cluster of juicy, caramel-colored wulfenite crystals from Los Lamentos. These tabular beauties are all pristine and have very high lustre. The large crystal is 1.7 cm. Classic Ahumada Mine material.
2.4 x 2.1 x 0.5 cm. A CLASSIC, partially gemmy, yellow-orange wulfenite crystal from the famous Old Yuma Mine, near Tucson. This glassy crystal has a pristine, sharply beveled termination. Specimens of this quality were probably collected in the 1960s and 1970s. Ex. Dick Jones Collection.
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share specimen![Wulfenite, Calcite from Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Devil's Cash Box ridge, Amado, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall District, Santa Ri [db_pics/mdpics/MD-120775a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-120775a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-120784a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-120784a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco [db_pics/mdpics/MD-120784b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-120784b.jpg)
![Azurite, Wulfenite from Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121105a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121105a.jpg)
![Azurite, Wulfenite from Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121105b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121105b.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121189a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121189a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121189b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121189b.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang (Qakilik; Chaqiliq) Co., Bayin'gholin (Bayingolin; Bayinguoleng) Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121201a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121201a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121374a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121374a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121374b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121374b.jpg)
![Wulfenite, Calcite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121772a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121772a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang (Qakilik; Chaqiliq) Co., Bayin'gholin (Bayingolin; Bayinguoleng) Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-121880a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-121880a.jpg)
![Wulfenite, Mimetite from San Francisco Mine (Cerro Prieto Mine), Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Mun. de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-130123a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-130123a.jpg)
![Wulfenite, Mimetite from San Francisco Mine (Cerro Prieto Mine), Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Mun. de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-130123b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-130123b.jpg)
![Wulfenite, Mimetite from Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-133895a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-133895a.jpg)
![Wulfenite, Mimetite from Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-133895b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-133895b.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-135257a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-135257a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-135257b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-135257b.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-137551a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-137551a.jpg)
![Quartz, Wulfenite from Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), Reagan claims (Regan/Reagan Camp prospects; Lee Reagan property; Lee Reagan prospects; Kullman-McCool group), Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area [db_pics/mdpics/MD-137957a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-137957a.jpg)
![Quartz, Wulfenite from Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), Reagan claims (Regan/Reagan Camp prospects; Lee Reagan property; Lee Reagan prospects; Kullman-McCool group), Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area [db_pics/mdpics/MD-137957b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-137957b.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-139290a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-139290a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Old Yuma Mine (Yuma Mine), Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-139560a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-139560a.jpg)