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Wulfenite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 4 × 3.6 cm
Description

Excellent wulfenite crystals up to 1.3cm on an edge contrasting nicely with white calcite crystals on a limonite matrix. An excellent example of 'sandwich' (brown between orange) wulfenite crystals from a classic Mexician locality. The 'sandwich' effect is much more obvious in real life.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals