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Wulfenite Rosasite & Cuprite

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Wulfenite Rosasite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

An excellent specimen with wulfenite crystals up to 2.0 cm across. Between these and partially covering them is rosasite of excellent colour. A great display on both sides. The label also claims cuprite but this is not obvious. 

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

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Peter Crozier Minerals