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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Adami #2 Mine, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Here is a representative, classic example of Lavrion wulfenite with orange, gemmy & lustrous little crystals on gossan matrix. The mine has collapsed and it is impossible to find specimens there. As a result, no more wulfenite from there and there have not ever been many of them on the market.

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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