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Wulfenite On Calcite

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Wulfenite On Calcite

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Locality: 
Blue Star Prospect, South Canyon, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5.3 × 4 cm
Description

A new discovery of yellow wulfenite crystals on scalenohedron calcite crystals. This specimen is splattered with small wulfenite cryatals. Recently identified by XRD the wulfenite is mostly around 1mm or less in size. A couple elongated crystals are almost 2mm in size. Wulfenite from this location are rarely bigger than 2mm. First discovery of wulfenite in this mining district.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Aragonite and Vaterite
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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