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Wulfenite On Malachite Psm Azurite

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Wulfenite On Malachite Psm Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 8 × 7 cm
Description

This is a good sized specimen from Whim Creek. 

It is comprised of bright yellow wulfenite crystals scattered across the whole piece.  There is the usual malachite psm azurite as well as small hemispheres of malachite throughout.  The mauve misting is possibly plumbojarosite (but this has not been analyzed).

A couple of minor nicks but overall very good.

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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