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Wulfenite On Smithsonite

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Wulfenite On Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Hidden Treasure Mine, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 5.4 × 4.9 cm
Description

A rare specimen of wulfenite on smithsonite from Utah. A great obscure American mineral. The orange wulfenite is embedded in the botryoidal smithsonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
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