Locality: 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona, USA (Locality at mindat.org)
An showy and excellent specimen of sharp, lustrous and gemmy butterscotch-colored wulfenite crystals to 7 mm on a nicely contrasting mottramite-coated matrix from the famous 79 Mine in Arizona. The label states that this piece was collected by ace Arizona collectors and mine owners, George Godas and John Callahan, in September, 2003. VERY RARE MATERIAL FOR THE LOCALITY! 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.7 cm
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