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Wulfenite & Calcite

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Wulfenite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 11.5 × 5.5 cm
Description

Clusters of yellow coloured wulfenite blades with clusters of brownish calcite crystals on gossan matrix

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White