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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Aïcha bel Lahcen, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Aggregate of highly lustrous, well-defined tabular wulfenite crystals of an intense yellow and orange colour, that are interpenetrated and cover richly all around the matrix rich in grey altered galena patches and white botryoidal calcite.

The old and small mines of Aïcha Bel Lahcen never produced a great number of specimens so wulfenites from there are scarcely represented in collections. We collected these specimens in September 2015.

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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