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Wulfenite On Baryte

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Wulfenite On Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 2.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

In the Mibladen district (Morocco) wulfenite is usually tabular on {001}, but this is a rare specimen with tetragonal bipyramidal wulfenite crystals of deep orange to red colour, with good resinous lustre, on a matrix of white baryte.

From a single find back in 2010 of French collector Jean-Claude Leydet.

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

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