Wulfenite coated by drusy Quartz (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)

Item Description

There are a lot of localities for Wulfenite in Arizona, but The Finch Mine is renowned for producing these unique and beautiful specimens of Wulfenite coated by Quartz. These specimens have such a wonderful appearance, which truly doesn't look like Wulfenites from anywhere else. This is a lovely display specimen featuring attractive, tabular, eye-catching orange colored crystals of Wulfenite measuring up to 1.6 cm, which are coated by drusy Quartz. The underlying rock has a slight blue tone to it, so the soft white Quartz has created a lovely gentle pastel contrast with the orange Wulfenite against the blue host rock. Additionally, the color of the Wulfenite crystals has a slight peach hue when backlit, creating a color rarely seen in the species. A few crystals are broken, but the piece is still in pretty good shape overall. A great quality and showy display specimen of these famous pieces from what is sometimes referred to as the "Barking Spider Mine". Hard to find on the market and a must have for any fan of Arizona minerals or worldwide Wulfenites. From the collection of Robert (Bob) Reynolds, with a label from well-known rarities deal, Joe Vajdak. 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.