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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Ahmad Abad Mine, Yazd Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

This is rare material from a discovery published in Mineralien Magazine magazin. Local geologist re-discover the old mines and extracted a low number of specimen. During their work the old shafts collapsed and we cannot expect new material. The crystals are intense orange and show a wonderful contrast to snowy white matrix. Intergrown to the faces you can see micro-crystals of red vanadinite. The wulfenite crystals are free-standing and very glossy.

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