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Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Adami Mine, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Orange wulfenite crystals associated with small yellow mimetite crystals.

The large wulfenite crystal that is placed almost horizontally on the matrix is 1cm across, very large for Lavrion.

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

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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