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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Xichang REE Occurrence, Taihe, Xichang County, Liangshan, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Several patches of small sharp octahedral crystals of wulfenite on bladed white barite.

The bright orange of the wulfenite against the white background is very nice.

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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