Auction Win: Wulfenite (Sandwich)
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Details
Locality: Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Size: Small Cabinet - 7 × 5 × 2.5 cm
A sprinkling of ‘sandwich’ Wulfenite crystals on matrix, with one particularly thick crystal standing out in the top left. Dubbed “Grilled Cheese” by Devyn.
Wulfenite is a lead molybdate mineral with the formula Pb(MoO4), first described in 1808 by Austrian mineralist Wilhelm Haidinger and named after the Slovenian mineralist Franz Xavier von Wulfen.
The Ojuela Mine sits at the base of the northeast escarpment of the Sierra de Mapimí, about five miles southeast of Mapimí in Durango, Mexico, and is a world-renowned locality for collectors of vibrant secondary minerals. Geologically, this historic deposit discovered in 1660 is famous for producing exceptional specimens of wulfenite, conichalcite, plattnerite, and smithsonite, alongside notable pyrite with calcite and quartz. The mine has yielded iconic fan-shaped white wulfenite and whitish rice-grain smithsonite that remain highly prized in modern collections. Today, it stands as a premier source for rare and visually striking mineral specimens that define the Mapimí mining district.
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