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Wulfenite On Quartz

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Wulfenite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang County, Xingjiang Autonomous Region, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Group of very sharp tabular to dipyramidal wulfenite crystals, with an excellent brilliance, color varies between orange to red and from translucent to transparent. They are disposed very aerial on a matrix of quartz. Main crystallographic forms we can be observe are the first and second order tetragonal dipyramids, truncated by the pinacoidal faces. Very different than usual...

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

Quartz

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