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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Mežica Mines, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4.4 cm
Weight: 
120.00gr
Description

Specimen originating from the famous geode found at the 923 slm level of Helena Doroteja stope discovered in 2005. The bi-pyramidal crystals up to 5 mm, are strongly striated and partially covered by a light cascade of calcite. The geode in question, had a depth of about 3 ml and provided the best samples now kept at the mine museum

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