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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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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: 
5.1 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Thin tabular, razor sharp crystals of wulfenite with a very good lustre and transparency. The matrix is composed of white rounded or short prismatic to acicular crystals of mimetite, white tabular baryte, quartz and calcite. The wulfenite crystals reach 11 mm in size, and the general condition is good, with a detached side.

It is an Ex. Lucien Jusgen (BE) specimen and according to his register book it was bought at the Liège Mineral Show on November 12th, 1977.

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

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