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Wulfenite & Smithsonite

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Wulfenite & Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Lill Mine, Černojamské, Březové Hory, Příbram, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

A very rare combination of wulfenite and smithsonite from the Příbram mining district. Bipyramidal wulfenite crystals typical for the Černojamské deposit and very rare smithsonite crystals. Light gray smithsonite spherical rounded crystals growing on wulfenite and matrix. The sample comes from the historical finding of smithsonite on the Černojamské
vein, 1st level of the Lill mine

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

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White