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Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Los Lamentos, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.4 × 1.9 cm
Description

An interesting specimen for those who love wulfenite.

Here it occurs as burnt orange crystals in various habits and is closely associated with tufts of brown acicular mimetite which is seen completely covering some crystals.

On the base of the crystal, round clustrers of rose coloured calcite? crystals add to the beauty of this piece.

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
Gondwana Minerals