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Wulfenite & Torbernite

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Wulfenite & Torbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Musoshi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

Yellow wulfenite crystals up to 2 mm large are sitting on small tabulare green torbernite crystals up to 1 mm.

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

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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