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Wulfenite On Tennantite

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Wulfenite On Tennantite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Transparent tabular wulfenite crystals on a tennantite and quartz matrix. Luster is very intense and the crystals present nice phantoms, with net cognac-colored borders. Some chippings are present. From the Tsumeb collection of Joseph Lhoest, a Belgian doctor who worked in DR of Congo for many years, and it is well known for his early 90’s articles in the Mineralogical Record about Congo.

 

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

Tennantite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

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