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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Description

Nice blocky orange wulfenite crystals are scattered over a soft earthy brown matrix. There is also what appears to be groups of pale green coloured pyromorphite (unconfirmed) crystals which taper to a point growing on and around the wulfenite as seen in the photos. There are also what appear to be white pseudomorphs of the same material present.

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
Gondwana Minerals