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Wulfenite Malachite & Turgite

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Wulfenite Malachite & Turgite

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Description
Locality: 
Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

 Bright yellow bipyramidal wulfenite with a patch of botyroidal malachite on a colourful turgite and limonite matrix

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Turgite

Mixture Of: 

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
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