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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Glove Mine, Tyndall District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Specimen with a cavity abundantly lined of razor-sharp, dark brown lustrous wulfenite crystals that contrast with the ochre limonitic matrix. The rear side is also covered with such crystals and minor calcite. Representative specimen of this well-known mine.

Acquired in 1997. Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens #702.

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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