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Wulfenite

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Wulfenite

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Locality: 
Wulumuqi County, Kuruktag Mountains, Xingjiang Autonomous Region, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 11 × 5 cm
Description

This is an excellent specimen which is almost completely covered with wulfenite crystals. The wulfenites on the back side are coated with some limonite (?), whereas the wulfenites on the front are glassy and juicy red with some internal color zoning from red to brownish. Very little damage and showy display for this one.

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
Tectonica

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