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Wulfenite Hemimorphite & Quartz

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Wulfenite Hemimorphite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Finch Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Yellow orange wulfenite crystals thickly coated by sugary quartz on hemimorphite.

A striking and very attractive specimen from the unique Arizona occurrence.

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

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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