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Wulfenite On Willemite

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Wulfenite On Willemite

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Description
Locality: 
Chah Kuh, Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 5.3 cm
Weight: 
123.00gr
Description

Snowfall of orange mimetite granules on a matrix of willemite and cerussite crystals. Some yellow-orange gills of wulfenite up to 6 mm size are in evidence.

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

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium