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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

The highly lustrous, completely freestanding main crystal is 22mm across. It is sharp terminated and shows intense orange color and high transparency. The contrast to dark matrix is excellent and the assemble is very aesthetic. A well balanced piece in perfect quality and even much better in person.

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