Fluorite with Wulfenite (RARE association for the locality)

Item Description

The Blanchard Mine is one of the most well-known localities in New Mexico. It is well-known producing beautiful secondary copper minerals like Linarite, Brochantite, Aurichalcite, etc. but it's probably best known for its amazingly rich blue and purple Fluorites. This piece is a great example of said material, but it has the added perk of hosting rarely associated Wulfenite crystals! You almost never see this combo from the Blanchard Mine. This small cabinet specimen hosts several sharp, well-formed, gemmy, rich blue color (with some purple zoning) cubic crystals of Fluorite measuring up to 1.7 cm on edge sitting on matrix, and if you look closely, you'll see several scattered tiny bi-pyramidal Wulfenite crystals of a butterscotch hue. The contrast of the Wulfenite against the Fluorite is excellent. There are some contacted areas on the piece, so it's not damage free, but it's still a very colorful and alluring specimen of this seldom seen material from one of the most classic localities in New Mexico. If you collect Fluorites, minerals of New Mexico or unusual association pieces, don't miss out on this beauty. From the collection of Robert (Bob) Reynolds. Bob was a well-known fossil and mineral expert and former Curator of Earth Sciences at the San Bernardino County Museum in California. The rare phyllomanganate-chromate species Reynoldsite was named in his honor in 2011.