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Wulfenite Chrysocolla & Malachite

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Wulfenite Chrysocolla & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 4 × 2.6 cm
Description

Bright lemon yellow wulfenite is scattered over a turquoise blue bed of chrysocolla and minor amounts of malachite.

Chrysocolla has in a second generation of growth covered most of the wulfenite with a thin veneer giving them a fuzzy look. An attractive small miniature

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

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Malachite

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