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Wulfenite Baryte

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RBR730871

Wulfenite Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

As far as colour and gemminess are concerned, the wulfenites from the Rowley Mine range among the very best of the world. This specimen shows some incredible lustrous and clear wulfenite-crystals on a matrix of baryte. The item is from a find in August 1993.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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