Mimetite, Wulfenite

This specimen features an abundance of bright orange and yellow micro mimetite crystals, showing well formed hexagonal barrel habit. They are great to look at under magnification. Complementing the mimetite, on the top left side of the specimen are a number of gemmy, transparent, tabular wulfenite crystals.

These eye-catching crystals are characteristic of the Rowley Mine, located in the Painted Rock Mountains, approximately 27 miles west of Gila Bend, Arizona. Discovered in 1900, the mine began production around 1909, with its final recorded commercial activity in 1923. Today, it is worked on a small scale for mineral specimens and occasional copper minerals such as massive chrysocolla.