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Pyromorphite & Wulfenite

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Pyromorphite & Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Sidi Amer, Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 7.7 × 4.7 cm
Description

Aesthetic association from Morocco of cremy nut prismatic hexagonal pyromorphite crystals and sharp laminar and bright wulfenite crystals of an intense and beautiful yellow color.
Crystals are present in different sides of the piece

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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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