Wulfenite

specimen number:
2063636

location:
Mobile Mine, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

description:
Platy butterscotch colored crystals of wulfenite, the most prominent crystal 1.2 cm in height coming off matrix. Typical of these slight micro-damage present. This one is aesthetically arranged and quite nice. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark.

Located within the Goodsprings Mining District of the Spring Mountains in Clark County, Nevada, the Mobile Mine is set in complex Paleozoic carbonate rocks that underwent extensive faulting, fracturing, and hydrothermal fluid circulation. Supergene oxidation of primary base metal sulfide veins led to rich secondary mineral deposits in oxidized cavities and breccias. The site was historically worked as part of the regional zinc, lead, and copper mining boom in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, though smaller operations and specimen recovery continued into modern times. Among collectors, the mine is celebrated for producing distinctive specimens of wulfenite, a lead molybdate mineral. The wulfenite from this locality typically forms thin, flattened, square to tabular crystals ranging in color from pale yellow to deep orange, highly sought after in the mineral collecting community.

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