Wulfenite - classic USA locality with unusual form
stock #19.1-989
Mammoth -St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County
Arizona,
United States
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.7 CM (small miniature/ large thumbnail (toenail))
price: $190
Pre Tucson
From the famed Tiger, Arizona locality (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine) This is a quite delicate and well-crystalized small miniature. Wulfenite from Tiger is not rare, it was even at one time used as an ore with hundreds of tons being crushed for Molybdenum. Tiger Wulfenites are known in many habits and often as sizable crystal masses of inter-grown blades. Small, perfect, transparent yellow-orange crystals like these are much less common, showing beveled edges and windowpane form. A nice addition to a Wulfenite suite, Arizona collection, or just for esthetic appreciation.
Cerussite - Arizona classic
stock #23.1-646
Mammoth -St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County
Arizona,
United States
2.5 x 2.3 x 1.9 CM (thumbnail)
price: $150
Pre Tucson
A Tiger Cerussite thumbnail with thick habit crystals and minimal matrix. The Cerussite has a light orange to yellow color, not the more typical white. There is chipping on the backside and one edge so not for perfectionists but still a nice thumbnail from the legendary Tiger. The chipping is shown on the last two photos. The largest crystal is 1.6 CM, terminated and has some translucence.
Wulfenite with Mimetite - classic USA
stock #14.1-329
Mammoth -St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County
Arizona,
United States
3.4 x 2.8 x 3.2 CM (small miniature/ large thumbnail (toenail))
price: $120
Fall 22
Free standing Wulfenite crystals with complex forms on a yellow-orange mass of tiny Mimetite clusters and balls. From the legendary Tiger area, these long closed mines are one of the most revered mineral localities in the USA. An older specimen from the L. Sweetman collection with handwritten label. Some damage and edge roughness exists so not for perfectionists but the main crystal is in fairly good condition and is a nice example of this habit. At one time Wulfenite was mined as a molybdenum ore here, the only place in the world where this was done. Tons were crushed and very little survived.
The sort of colorful rarity array that has made the Tiger Arizona world famous. The most obvious specie here is the bright blue Caledonite in microcrystals, some associated Leadhillite is seen in and near the main mass, two small crystal sections that look like Paralaurionite are noted but hard to confirm. The sides and back have green to yellow green zones of Wherryite and a few bright blue spots of Diaboleite and or Linarite. As is often the case with complex Tiger specimens there are several other very small crystals seen at 20-40X magnification that are not identified. A rich large thumbnail from this venerable classic locale.
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