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Wulfenite & Vanadinite

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Wulfenite & Vanadinite

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Description
Locality: 
Ahmad Abad Mine, Yazd Province, Iran
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.9 × 6 × 4.2 cm
Description

Dozens of well formed, lustrous and intensely coloured crystals of wulfenite on matrix from Iran. The crystals are nicely positioned on mother rock which looks very interesting and sculptural. Additionally vanadinite is present and the crystals are nicely covered in a snowy-white mineral which gives an awesome contrast and visual appearence.

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

Vanadinite

Formula: 
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zimapán, Mun. de Zimapán, Hidalgo, Mexico