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Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm
Weight: 
120.00gr
Description

This is definitely not your standard Ojuela Mine wulfenite and mimetite specimen. The wulfenite crystals are delicate golden yellow transparent panes whilst the mimetite crystals are a milky white colour and form unusual bow-tie clusters. I've spotted at least one example on the specimen where these have created a neat 'Maltese-cross' shape. Many of the larger wulfenite crystals on the outer surface of the specimen are sadly incomplete, however within the vugs that cover the specimen you will find many smaller complete crystals.

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

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

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