Wulfenite

📍Glove Mine, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Dimensions: 103 / 61 / 33 mm
Ex. Dr. Maurice G. Weller, Joseph Neil Plummer

This specimen from the Glove Mine features numerous deep brown wulfenite crystals densely covering the main surface, their lustrous faces flashing under light with striking texture and brilliance. Additional crystals are scattered across other areas of the matrix. Deep brown wulfenite is relatively uncommon, with Glove Mine and Tsumeb being the two most notable sources.

The specimen was formerly in the collection of Dr. Maurice G. Weller, who served as President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and was a distinguished figure in British geology and mineralogy. It later passed through the hands of Joseph Neil Plummer.