Wulfenite

PbMoO₄

Wulfenite is an oxide mineral of lead and molybdenum. It has the composition PbMoO₄ . This sample is from the Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona . The sample measures about 25 cm across. This platelike-crystal arrangement is common for wulfenite. These samples are on display in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

This wulfenite sample is about 8 cm wide and is from San Carlos mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. The 8.7 carat gem is from Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico and is to the same scale. 这块钨华石样品宽约8厘米，来自墨西哥奇瓦瓦州的圣卡洛斯矿。这颗8.7克拉的宝石来自墨西哥奇瓦瓦州的洛斯兰托斯，尺寸相同。

This sample is about 30 cm long and is from the San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico. It is described as wulfenite with mimetite. Butterscotch-colored wulfenite crystals are sprinkled with orange mimetite crystals. Small amounts of chromium impurity color wulfenite crystals shades of yellow, orange and red.

This wulfenite sample is about 15x23 cm and is from Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. These wulfenite crystals offer a strong contrast to the plate-like crystals above. 这些钨华晶体与上方的板状晶体形成鲜明对比。 这个钨华石样品尺寸约为15厘米乘23厘米，采自墨西哥奇瓦瓦州的洛斯兰托斯。

These samples are from Red Cloud mine, La Paz County, Arizona. The sample at left is about 6 cm wide and the gem is 6.1 carats.The above sample is about 3x4 cm. 这些样本来自亚利桑那州拉帕斯县的红云矿。左边的样本宽约6厘米，宝石重6.1克拉。上面的样本尺寸约为3x4厘米。

This sample is described as wulfenite with willemite and is about 5 cm wide. The gems are 15.7 and 3.7 carats and are from Tsumeb, Namibia. 这种样本被描述为含钨华石和威尔莫石，宽约5厘米。宝石重15.7和3.7克拉，来自纳米比亚的图姆贝。

This sample is about 6 cm wide and the gem is 45.9 carats. They are from Tsumeb, Namibia. 这个样本宽约6厘米，宝石重45.9克拉。它们来自纳米比亚的图塞布。

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