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Mottramite Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Mottramite Wulfenite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Rainbow #2, Uaroo Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

A vughy piece of etched quartz is host to multi generational mimetite crystals ranging from spheres of yellowish green pale crystals to bright yellow bladed mimetite, which are associated with orange wulfenite crystals and a black group of arsenian mottramite crystals, very small cerussit and anglesite crystals are also present

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

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

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
Earthstones Australia

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