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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 6.3 × 8.3 cm
Description

Lustrous crystals up to 1cm attractively set on light beige matrix. The color of all these sharp terminated wulfenite crystals is intense orange. This is not from recent finds (which are much lighter and yellow), it is from old discoveries - the dark orange color is typically for this old find. There are countless crystals and surprisingly most of them are in excellent condition damage-wise. The specimen is well formed, matrix shows a fine contrast and it´s well balanced. Very eye-catching in variouse positions.

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