Wulfenite on Mimetite (rare CA locale)

Glaze Claim, Panamint Mts, Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California
Small Cabinet, 6.8 x 5.4 x 2.9 cm
Start Time: 07/21/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/28/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

Wulfenite on mimetite specimens are extremely rare from this obscure California locale on the south end of the Panamint Range. Lustrous, sharp, orange-red, wulfenite prisms to 3 mm are richly scattered in the sculptural vug totally lined with bubbly, botryoidal, yellow mimetite. Collected in 1963, according to the former dealer label.

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