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Wulfenite & Hedyphane Mimetite

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Wulfenite & Hedyphane Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Rich group of transparent wulfenite crystals, with an amazing orange color. They are accompanied by globular aggregates of calcium rich mimetite (hedyphane), some of them with a crystal inside (like a sandwich). We have analyzed those mimetite and they are rich in Ca (Wt. Ca 3.06% Pb 64.28%). Brilliant, aesthetic... Nice miniature.

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

Hedyphane

Formula: 
Pb3Ca2(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany