BEAU1 Wulfenite, Barite, Mimetite 

Chenelette, Bujeau, Rhone, Rhone Alpes, France

3.3x 3.0x 2.0cm

$100

So when was the last time you saw one of these?  So many specimens from contemporary European localities never make it to the US market--it seems that almost all the French, German, or English specimens that make it to this side of the pond are "classics."

This is a bit newer.  I acquired this (and the next few) as part of a trade with a French field collector, who recovered the specimens in 1999, prior to the mine's closing in 2001.

It consists of several bright wulfenite crystals on a blady barite matrix, with numerous tiny mimetite bowties (<2.5 mm) scattered about.