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Wulfenite & Baryte

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Wulfenite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 6 × 3.7 cm
Description

Yellow/brown wulfenite crystals with baryte. The baryte partly covering, seemingly replacing wulfenite crystals. A nice specimen from the locality and more unusual with the baryte association. 

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
Peter Crozier Minerals