Description
Wulfenite is a lead molybdate shown here in bright orange tabular crystals on a clear quartz matrix.
This good-sized sample (0.48 kg) comes from the Red Cloud mine in Arizona, which is mined for silver and lead.
The Red Cloud mine in Arizona, opened in 1880 for the extraction of lead and silver, is now the only mine in the world to extract these crystals.
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