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Wulfenite & Smithsonite

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Wulfenite & Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
80.00gr
Description

Smithsonite rich matrix with a cavity lined with an unusual combination of brown coloured smithsonite crystals with colourless platy wulfenite crystals. This is the first time I personally have come across wulfenite crystals like these from the Ojuela Mine, especially in combination with smithsonite.

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

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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