Mineral Specimens with Wulfenite

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WULFD-06 - Wulfenite with mimetite (2 pockets on the same specimen) - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi Durango Mexico
small cabinet, 7.6 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm

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WORDS AND PICS DO NOT CONVEY IT - THESE ARE THE GEMMIEST and MOST LUSTROUS CRYSTALS OF THIS STYLE HERE! A vuggy, ocherous, limonite, matrix is host to two vugs, deep cavities both of which are nearly coated with pseudocubic, lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored crystals of wulfenite, to .6 cm in length. Some areas are underlain by lustrous and translucent, botryoids of green mimetite. In person, this is a really interesting piece with lots of ways to look at it. And with the 3-dimensionality, its very impressive in person.

WULFD-07 - Wulfenite with Mimetite - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
cabinet, 10.2 x 6.6 x 2.5 cm

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A really aesthetic piece where the crystals literally seem to "Pop" out at you due to the overall form of the specimen. An ocherous, limonite matrix is the host for a thin crust of lustrous and translucent, green mimetite and lustrous and translucent, pseudocubic, caramel colored, isolated crystals of wulfenite, to .8 cm (on edge). The placement of the crystals, somethign about it, makes it look as if they curve out at you.

WULFD-08 - Wulfenite with Calcite - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi Durango Mexico
cabinet, 12.2 x 6.9 x 3.4 cm

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Due to teh fragile nature of the matrix, few good larger specimens in thsi quality could be extracted. Sharp pseudocubic crystals of lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored wulfenite, to 1.0 cm in length cover much of the matrix. A few of the wulfenite crystals are doubly terminated. Adding color contrast are unusually silky/lustrous, white calcite crystals to .25 cm across. Sawed on the bottom, so it sits flat for display - but very much more 3-dimensional in person than it seems. This large specimen is nearly pristine, too.

WULFD-09 - Wulfenite - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
cabinet, 10.0 x 6.9 x 3.9 cm

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A matrix of stark contrasting gossan hosts over a dozen crystals, some doubly terminated,, of bi-pyramidal, lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored, wulfenite, to 1.75 cm in length. I particularly like the two crystals that have formed a wide "V". The bipyramidal form is highly developed here and the crystals large for the habit.

WULFD-10 - Wulfenite with Calcite and Mimetite - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 5.9 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm

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This aesthetic specimen contains four mineral species. An ocherous, limonite is covered by lustrous, rhombohedral, silky/pearlescent-white crystals of calcite to .3 cm across, which give way to a small area of lustrous and translucent, botryoidal green mimetite. Emplaced on top are several, isolated lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored crystals of wulfenite, measuring 1.5 cm in length. Elegant specimen with not only isoaltion of the wulfenites (unusual for the find) but isolation of those same wulfenites on CONTRASTING matrix that look sas if snow fell upon it, to hihglight with color contrast both teh brown matrix and the butterscotch crystals on it. The intergrowth with green mimetite is a bonus. This is simply one of my favorite pieces, period!

WULFD-11 - Wulfenite with Calcite - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
miniature, 5.5 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm

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Two, isolated, pseudocubic, lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored crystals of wulfenite, to 1.3 cm across are emplaced on an ocherous, limonite matrix. There are also a few crystals of pearly-lustrous, white, calcite, measuring .2 cm across. The stark form and isolation of these crystals is amazing, and it is a very fine specimen. The price is higher than it might be otherwise because the crystals are, in person, so robust and fat that they glow with color and just leap out compared to other specimens in this pocket, to a degree hard to explain except in person.

WULFD-12 - Wulfenite with Calcite - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 9.2 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm

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Isolated, pseudocubic , crystals of lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored, wulfenite, to.9 cm in length, color contrast nicely with a few sharp disc-shaped (rhomdohedral) crystals of, lustrous, white calcite, to .75 cm across. All of these crystals are emplaced on contrasting deep brown limonite for stunning contrast. This piece may have the best calcites of hte pocket, from what I see...they are brilliantly white, almost pearlescent and silky in lustre. It is very interesting, as a Mapimi specimen...but also just for the elegant contrasts in and of themselves.

WULFD-13 - Wulfenite - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 7.4 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm

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A contrasting, limonite matrix is the host for a bit of botryoidal, mimetite and several classically crystallized, lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored crystals of wulfenite, to 1.0 cm in length. They are sharply pseudocubic, an effect heightended by their translucence. The piece is very colorful and fine overall, with just a small spot of damage in the upper-right corner to bring it down from double this price as originally estimated when I made my hasty valuations and had to decide to buy this pocket on the spot at 1 AM one morning.

WULFD-14 - Wulfenite with Mimetite - $ 1800
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 9.3 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm

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Nestled on contrasting limonite is a carpet of olive green mimetite upon which are HUGE bi-pyramidal, lustrous, translucent crystals of butterscotch-colored wulfenite in crystals to 2.0 cm in length. The impact is very strikign in person and these ar emamong the largest crystals I have seen from either recent find. The setting on the carpet of green mimetite, for a 3-color contrast, really makes this piece leap out visually.

WULFD-15 - Wulfenite with Calcite - $ 350
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 9.2 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm

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This plate of lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored crystals of wulfenite, to 1.0 cm in length, exhibit tapered, but blunt-capped tips. Very aesthetic and sparkly specimen, overall, with minor calcite accents in white at the base of some crystals.

WULFD-16 - Wulfenite - $ 600
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
miniature, 4.2 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm

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A stunning minaiture of contrasting matrix of limonite totally festooned with lustrous, gemmy crystals of butterscotch-colored wulfenite, to 1.25 cm in length. A few of the wulfenite crystals are also doubly terminated.

WULFD-17 - Wulfenite with Mimetite - $ 1850
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
cabinet, 14.9 x 13.5 x 5.2 cm

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This LARGE SPECIMEN is one of the biggest plates recovered in good condition! It has dozens of lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored wulfenite crystals, to 1.25 cm in length. Some crystals are tapered (elongated "cubic" with blunt tips), a very few are bi-pyramidal, and some are doubly terminated. They are all perched on a thin crust of grayish-green mimetite upon a really well-trimmed, showy matrix plate.

WULFD-18 - Wulfenite - SOLD
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
cabinet, 14.8 x 7.7 x 4.6 cm

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MUCH MUCH better in person, this is a very 3-dimensional, large, and significant piece from the find. It is a vuggy matrix of limonite covered by wulfenite crystals, exhibiting classic , tetragonal symmetry which we can call pseudocubic in the overall sense. The butterscotch-colored crystals, to 1.0 in length, range from lustrous and translucent, and are glassy and gemmy. A few crystals are also doubly terminated. Very bright overall for the sheer mass of color on the matrix, and in extremely good condition, this is one of the best of the larger plates I have. It is much more 3-dimensional in person!

WULFD-19 - Wulfenite - $ 2400
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
cabinet, 12.1 x 8.4 x 5.2 cm

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This matrix specimen is decidedly different from the previous ones and in fact from ALL OTHERS in this pocket...there is not another like it that I know of. A deep vug of limonite is coated with a thin druse of seemingly chocolate colored mimetite (?). upon which are emplaced lustrous and translucent, thick, butterscotch-colored crystals of wulfenite to 2.0 cm across. Some crystals exhibit a lighter butterscotch-colored hue at the terminations, and a few are doubly terminated. The wulfenites are very fat and robust, and yet show signs of solution etching, almsot as if they are "melting" for lack of a better word, a bit deformed in the sharp form they should have. The effect is , for lack of a better word to convey it, " ghostly" in a cute and interesting sense. It�s possible that this specimen is from a different small pocket, it is so wildly different. The photos perhaps do not convey its presence in person (and it is, both large and colorful).

WULFD-20 - Wulfenite with Calcite - $ 400
San Juan Poniente Shaft,, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet, 7.7 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm

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Perched on a stark contrasting gossan matrix liberally sprinkled with pearlescent white calcites, are a few isolated crystals of lustrous and translucent, butterscotch-colored wulfenite, to 1.25 cm in length. The major crystal is super sharp, translucent, and very dramatic!

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