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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 5.8 × 4 cm
Description

A very eye-catching specimen in finest quality. The contrast of snowy white matrix and intense orange crystals looks great! The wulfenite crystals are sharp terminated and highly lustrous, their color is a very strong, intense orange-red. They formed a completely free-standing tower right in the middle of the piece. No significant damages to report.

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