An absolutely INCREDIBLE old time pseudomorph from the historic Anarak district!!! Let me start off by saying that
this specimen is WAY better than the pictures show!!! This specimen consists of a cluster of large "trees" of descloizite
that have been completely replaced by sharp, lustrous crystals of willemite and accented by bright orange crystals of
wulfenite and deep reddish orange mimetite in association with bright red minium and a cap of intergrown cerussite and calcite!!!
The crystal forms and overall three-dimensionality of the specimen are
much more pronounced and dramatic than the pictures show!!! This is an extraordinary specimen in so many ways!!!
Upon close inspection, one can see that the willemite crystals
are sharp and quite gemmy!!! The wulfenite crystals have bright luster, marked clarity, and intense orange color!!!
The mimetite crystals are actually quite sharp with pointed hexagonal terminations and equant, square-shaped prism faces!!!
The characteristic "Christmas tree-like" forms of the descloizite crystal pseudomorphs are pronounced and much
more three-dimensional than the pics show!!! There is a rich showing of bright red minium and there are numerous wulfenite
crystals that are richly included with minium as well!!! The specimen is "capped" by a cluster of highly complex calcite crystals
intergrown with some cerussite as well!!! The calcite crystals have incredible luster and highly complex features upon close inspection!!!
Additionally, there are scattered colorless crystals of an unidentified species (quite possibly leadhillite!) present as sharp, colorless
hexagonal plates!!! There is SO much to see on this specimen and there is a lot more going on than the pics show!!! Of course the willemite
crystals fluoresce a characteristic yellow green under UV as well!!! This is a KILLER example of this rare and unusual
pseudomorph from this historic locality!!! These specimens are very scarce indeed - you do not want to miss out on this
rare and valuable specimen!!!
The pics hardly do it justice!!! Must be seen in person to be fully appreciated!!!
Good luck and be sure to check out my other exciting mineral auctions on ebay!!!
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