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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Mežica Mines, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3 × 1.9 cm
Description

A really nice sample from this famous locality. The crystals show intense orange color and fine contrast to matrix. The edges of the crystals are lustrous, their faces on satiny luster. Typical material for the locality, but in very fine color.

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