Wulfenite

This specimen features small bit of baryte matrix with an abundance of bright orange windowpane 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. This specimen was collected on a field trip to the mine in 2023.