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Mimetite & Wulfenite

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Mimetite & Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Monterniers Mines, Lantignié, Beaujeu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 2 cm
Description

A rich coverage of pale yellow mimetite and bright orange wulfenite crystals associated with colourless fluorite cubes and platty barite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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
Cartils Minerals

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