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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.2 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

A gorgeous, old timer wulfenite group from earlier workings at this famed locality. This specimen consists of two main bladed, bevel edge crystals crystal of intensely colored red-orange wulfenite. This specimen has sharp, lustrous faces and striking color, with the largest crystal at 1.8 cm forming a platform  for a secound 1.5 cm crystal with a number of smaller gemmy crystals growing from these two. The main crystal has some sugary matrix adhering to the edges.

 

Acquired by seller in 1989

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
Earthstones Australia

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