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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm
Description

Beautiful spray of pyramidal wulfenite crystals on goethite. The side with wulfenite is additionally covered with a hematite coating. At the sides where the hematite stops a greenish coating is present giving a nice contrast between the wulfenite crystals and the matrix.

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
Tectonica

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