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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

The crystals are up to 11mm across. They show strong orange color and faces are very glossy. The elongated assemble looks really aesthetic and elegant! Wulfenite from the locality came several years ago and today this is rare material and hard to obtain.

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