21hhdw.is ((QUARTZ after VANADINITE. QUARTZ after WULFENITE)), $60 MINIMUM BID, Finch Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature | |
Mounted in a 2 x 2 x 2 inch miniature plastic box. Amazing colorful specimen from the Finch aka Barking Spider mine. Most Vanadinite is acicular from this mine but these are the rarer red orange hexagonal barrels covered or being replaced by Quartz like the Wulfenite. There is also some of the yellow Wulfenite with the Quartz replacement or coverage. Sparkling uncommoned specimen from the Finch. Only a couple of Vanadinite specimens on mindat. None quite like this one. ex Dana Wilson MD collection #551. |