Wulfenite & uv-reactive Mimetite, La Morita Mine, Mexico orpiment

Wulfenite & uv-reactive Mimetite, La Morita Mine, Mexico orpimentThis sweet double sided specimen contains deep orange wulfenite crystals formed in association with yellow, botryoidal mimetite, on matrix, from the La Morita Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. The wulfenite crystals are in excellent condition and range from deep orange to an almost yellow. The botryoidal mimetite ranges from yellow on the front to orange on the back, and UVs a bright yellow under both longwave and shortwave. Will come in a 2 perkie box. The

What looks like whispy inclusions is actually the ghosted shape of the natural mass of fluorite

Thumbnail of Hedenbergite-included (Prase) Quartz from Inner Mongolia

25” high

(Mindat comment “Prase from Serifos is colored green by inclusionsof fibrous actinolite

UV reactive

Tones of blue-grey with peachy orbs surrounded by a dark green ring

and gemmy red vanadanite crystals

No matrix so the light glows thru beautifully

likely Navajo

The crystals are roughly 1 cm long

I truly don’t think there is a front or back- theres just an angle that appeals to you the best

It is water-soluble so the miners use glycerin to polish