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Wulfenite On Mimetite

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Wulfenite On Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Excellent miniature of dipyramidal wulfenite crystals,translucent at the points and transparent at the middle,with deep zoned color and best luster!

On matrix of satin green mimetite and with equal spaces between them,making the specimen rich,but also the large crystals look isolated.Any damage is near the pariphery and the specimen has a pristine display!

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

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