Wulfenite

Wulfeniet, Wulfenit, Wulfenita, Wulfénite, Вульфенит, Βουλφενίτης, ウルフェナイト, 鉬鉛礦, 수연석


Commonly known      rarer (so called collectors stones)      very rare (rarities)      relatively rare organic material


Formula: PbMoO4
Mineral class: molybdates
Crystal system: tetragonal
Mohs scale: 2.75 - 3.0
Density (g/cm3): 6.5 - 7.5
Refractive index: 2.280 - 2.402
Cleavage: different
Colors: colorless, white, grey, yellow, orange, red, brown, green, blue, black
Transparency: transparent - opaque
Luster: adamantine - resinous
Fluorescence: only if previously heated to glow
Pleochroism: yellow - orange
Largest crystal: 61 cm?
Deposits: worldwide
Discovery: 1772?
1st Description: 1845 as Wulfenite (Haidinger)
Name: in honor of the Austrian mineralogist Frantz Xaver von Wulfen (1728 - 1805)

Wulfenite

Weight: 4.67 ct

Origin: Tsumeb / Namibia

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Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 2.6 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm

Origin: San Francisco Mine / Magdalena / Sonora / Mexico

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Wulfenite Mineral
Wulfenite

Weight: 0.94 ct

Origin: Congo

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Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 4.0 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm

Origin: Ojuela Mine / Mapimi / Durango / Mexico

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Wulfenite Mineral
Wulfenite

Size: 0.93 x 0.51 cm
Weight: 3.47 ct
Origin: Tsumeb / Namibia

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Wulfenite

Size: 0.56 cm
Weight: 0.98 ct
Origin: Arizona / USA

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Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 3.5 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm

Origin: San Francisco Mine / Magdalena / Sonora / Mexico

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Wulfenite Mineral
Wulfenite

Weight: 3.61 ct

Origin: San Francisco Mine / Magdalena / Sonora / Mexico

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Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 3.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm

Origin: Red Cloud Mine / Trigo Mts. / La Paz County / Arizona / USA

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Wulfenite Mineral
Wulfenite

Size: 0.6 cm
Weight: 1.88 ct
Origin: Congo

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Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 2.3 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm

Origin: Red Cloud Mine / Trigo Mts. / La Paz County / Arizona / USA

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Wulfenite Mineral
Wulfenite

Weight: 0.66 ct

Origin: Red Cloud Mine / Trigo Mts. / La Paz County / Arizona / USA

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Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 9.8 x 6.1 x 5.2 cm

Origin: Urumqi Area / Kuruktag Mts. / Xinjiang / China

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Wulfenite Mineral
Wulfenite

Size: 0.30 x 0.30 x 0.18 cm
Weight: 0.21 ct
Origin: Mexico

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Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 1.6 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm

Origin: Tsumeb / Namibia

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Wulfenite Mineral
Wulfenite

Size: 1.23 x 0.64 cm
Weight: 6.63 ct
Origin: Namibia

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Wulfenite Mineral on Dolomite

Size: 6.6 x 5.5 x 4.9 cm

Origin: Tsumeb / Namibia

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Wulfenite Mineral

Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 3.6 x 2 x 1.7 cm

Origin: Ahumada Mine / Los Lamentos / Chihuahua / Mexico

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Wulfenite Mineral

Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 2.4 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm

Origin: Red Cloud Mine / Trigo Mts. / La Paz County / Arizona / USA

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Wulfenite Mineral

Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm

Origin: Tsumeb / Namibia

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Wulfenite Mineral

Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 2.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm

Origin: Ourd Mekta Mine / Touissit / Oujda-Angad Prov. / Morocco

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Wulfenite Mineral

Wulfenite blue

Weight: 0.41 ct

Origin: South Africa ?

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Wulfenite Mineral

Size: 3.3 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm

Origin: Tsumeb / Namibia

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Wulfenite Mineral

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