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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Description
Locality: 
Doroteja Mine, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

A floater from a new small find 2015. There are 2 generations present. A tiny generation is building a layer about limestone and is hollow. Bigger crystals show a typical sandwich habitus. At the backside also calcite is present.

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