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Wulfenite & Thomsenolite

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Wulfenite & Thomsenolite

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Description
Locality: 
Ivigtut, Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a large vug of thomsenolite that is host to two tiny wulfenite crystals. A rare locality for wulfenite collectors!

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

Thomsenolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6] · H2O
Strunz: 
3/C.02-20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2
Colour: 
Colourless, white, pale
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Dimorph Of: 

Pachnolite

Formula: 
NaCa[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.CB.40
Hardness: 
3.0

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