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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang County, Xingjiang Autonomous Region, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

A neat rich little specimen of chunky deep orange-brown crystals of Wulfenite from Jianshan Mine. This locality is most well-known for very thin blade like crystals which are totally different from this specimen, which has more pronounced prismatic faces.

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
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