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Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 1.4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Bright red-orange wulfenite crystals, partially translucent with beveled edges are set nicely on the typical matrix from this locality, and associated with bright yellow mimetite.

There are a few damaged blades, but a nice, showy specimen 

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

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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