These butterscotch-colored wulfenite gemstones show their tetragonal crystal structure. Some gems in the tetragonal crystal system form as rectangular prisms with square terminations, like these. Others can take the shape of rectangular prisms with pyramidal terminations. Some form as dipyramids, two 4-sided pyramids joined at their bases. Wulfenites on a limonite matrix, San Juan Poniente Shaft, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com. Used with permission.
Translucent Orange Wulfenite Specimen from Mexico
These butterscotch-colored wulfenite gemstones show their tetragonal crystal structure. Some gems in the tetragonal crystal system form as rectangular prisms with square terminations, like these. Others can take the shape of rectangular prisms with pyramidal terminations. Some form as dipyramids, two 4-sided pyramids joined at their bases. Wulfenites on a limonite matrix, San Juan Poniente Shaft, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com. Used with permission.
Article: Table of Gems Ordered by Crystal System
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| Gemstone | Wulfenite |
| Natural or man made | Natural |
| Origin | Mexico |
| Origin details | San Juan Poniente Shaft, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango |
| Gem State | Specimen |
| Color | Orange |
| Transparency | Translucent |