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Molybdofornacite Chrysocolla & Wulfenite

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Molybdofornacite Chrysocolla & Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Dulcinea De Llampos Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very good piece. In the piece there are many green well formed tabular transparent molybdofornacite crystals and some yellow wulfenite and chrysocolla. Very good combo, great colour. The pictures do not do justice to the beauty of the piece

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdofornacite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(MoO4,CrO4)(AsO4,PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
7.FC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

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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