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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 0.6 cm
Description

A sharp, lustrous, intense red wulfenite crystal with some inter-grown black matrix. Fine contrast, the really best color from Red Cloud and the fine luster make this tiny piece a really eye-catching sample. Minor chips are present, but still a nice piece.

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