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Chillagite

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Description
Locality: 
Mežica Mines, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 6 cm
Description

Very rich specimen of chillagite crystals, a variety of wulfenite from the famous lead mine in Slovenia.

Ex Dr. Georg Gebhard collection - with original Gebhard label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chillagite

Variety Of: 

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Formula: 
Pb[(Mo,W)O4]
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Christmas Gift North Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia