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Wulfenite Baryte & Mimetite

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Wulfenite Baryte & Mimetite

José Luis Otero's collection

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.3 × 4.1 cm
Description

A superb wulfenite with baryte and minor mimetite from possibly the most sought after Mexican wulfenite locality. I have specilised in collecting Mexician minerals for over 20 years and know that specimens from San Francisco Mine with wulfenite crystals up to 1.3 cm across, as this has, do not come up for sale very often.  A great specimen from the José Luis Otero's collection.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Peter Crozier Minerals