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Wulfenite & Hemimorphite

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Wulfenite & Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Zorzone, Vedra Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

specimen with beautiful strange aggregates of yellow crystals of wulfenite with associate colourless crystals of hemimorphite on matrix

specimen from the personal collection of Luigi Chiappino

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

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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