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Chillagite On Galena

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Chillagite On Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Teresita Mine, Montcada i Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm
Description

Orange tabular crystals chillagite (a W-rich variety of wulfenite), on galena and baryte. The Teresita mine is a classic of Spanish mineralogy.

Ex. Walter De Keersmaecker specimen #6615-1, who bought it in 08/09/1974.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chillagite

Variety Of: 

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Formula: 
Pb[(Mo,W)O4]
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Christmas Gift North Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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