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Wulfenite With Calcite

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Wulfenite With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Doroteja Mine, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.2 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
175.00gr
Description

Tabular crystals  up to 10 mm side , with the characteristic new growth on the basal pinacoide of numerous terminations with pyramidal growth,  covered by a light cascade of shiny  calcite.

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: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White