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Wulfenite With Willemite

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Wulfenite With Willemite

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Description
Locality: 
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.5 × 4.1 cm
Description

An isolated tabular wulfenite crystal to 12 mm and excellent color is set aesthetically on a matrix of microcrystalline willemite. Willemite is very rare in this locality.Old specimen from Richard Kosnar collection.

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

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
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