Wulfenite
| ID | 179 | |
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| Mineral | Wulfenite | |
| Location | Arizona - United States of America | |
| Fluorescence | LW-UV: close SW-UV: close |
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Mindat data
| ID | 4322 |
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| Long ID | 1:1:4322:5 |
| Formula |
PbMoO4
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| IMA Status |
0 1 |
| Other Occurrences | Secondary mineral in weathering zone of lead deposits. |
| Discovery Year | 1845 |
| Diapheny | Transparent,Translucent,Opaque |
| Cleavage | Distinct on {011}; indistinct on {001}, {013}. |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Colour | Orange-yellow, yellow, honey-yellow, reddish-orange, rarely colourless, grey, brown, olive-green and even black. |
| Hardness (min) | 2.5 |
| Hardness (max) | 3.0 |
| Lustre | Resinous, Adamantine |
| About the name | Renamed in 1845 by Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger in honor of Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen [November 5, 1728, Belgrade, Serbia - March 16, 1805, Klagenfurt, Austria], botanist, mineralogist, alpinist and a member of the Order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit). Wulfen authored a monograph on the lead ores of Bleiberg, Austria. This mineral was originally named "plumbum spatosum flavo-rubrum, ex Annaberg, Austria" in 1772 by Ignaz von Born. In 1781, Joseph Franz Edler von Jacquin called the mineral "Kärntherischer bleispath". Other names were later proposed. |
| Streak | White |
| Crystal System | Tetragonal |
| Cleavage Type | Distinct/Good |
| Fracture type | Irregular/Uneven,Sub-Conchoidal |
| Morphology | Crystals commonly thin tabular {001}, square, exhibiting {001}, with flat or rounded vicinal faces, {010}; may be elongated [001], or pyramidal {011}, with the pyramid truncating or replacing {001}; more rarely pseudo-octahedral; and very rarely either cubic or short prismatic pyramidal. Commonly exhibits additional forms, some exhibiting pyramidal hemihedrism; granular, massive. |
| Twinning | Twinning on {001} as contact twins; common but rarely seen due to the typical {001} morphology. |
| UV | Fluorescence noted from a small number of localities. Medium intensity Yellow in LW |
| Thermal Behaviour | Melting point 1065°C. |
| key_elements |
0 1 |
| shortcode_ima | Wul |
| Group | Scheelite Group |
Details
Price: € 10
Dimensions: Not registered
Weight: Not registered
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Notes:
| Symbol | Element | |
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| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| O | Oxygen | |
| Pb | Lead |
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