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Dioptase & Wulfenite

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Dioptase & Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Mindouli, Pool Region, Congo (Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 7.4 × 6.3 cm
Weight: 
202.00gr
Description

Important specimen from DR Congo with an aesthetic association of Dioptase in myriad of crystals of excellent brightness in the classical green color and Wulfenite in sparkling small crystals of an intense orange yellow color. Crystals are present in different sides of the piece as shown by photos

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dioptase

Formula: 
CuSiO3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit (Altyn-Tube), Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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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