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Wulfenite & Malachite

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Wulfenite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

A fine miniature from Whim Creek Copper Mine, sadly now a defunct locale.

Five silky green books of malachite crystals are scattered across a dark brown gossan matrix. Richly surrounding the malachite are numerous dipyramidal yellow crystals of wulfenite. This specimen was collected in the early 1980's.

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
Earthstones Australia

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