Detailed information
Species
Hemimorphite, Wulfenite
Dimensions
84 x 63 x 34
mm
Locality
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen Carinthia, Austria
Condition
No recorded repairs
An almost entirely hidden rib of pinkish-Quartz matrix is enveloped with tangerine-orange tabular Wulfenite blades up to about 1 cm across, over which a heavy layer of drusy duck-egg blue Hemimorphite has been deposited. The Hemimorphite coats the majority of the Wulfenite, leaving only the exposed horizontal tips of crystals visible. An unusual and pleasing specimen from Bad Bleiberg in Carinthia, Austria.
