Call number:
Ορυκτά από τα ορυχεία του Λαυρίου
D55 (28)
D55 (28)
Classification:
Molybdates
Minerals from the Lavrion Mines
Minerals from the Lavrion Mines
Name:
Βουλφενίτης
Translated title:
Wulfenite
Place of origin:
Plaka/Lavrion, Greece
Depositional environment:
Oxidation zone of a base metal rich, carbonate replacement mineralization
Description:
Tabular orange-colored wulfenite crystals on galena. This secondary lead-molybdenum mineral is found in Adami mine/Plaka, where a primary galena-rich ore has been oxidised into wulfenite, cerrusite and mimetite.
Chemical formula:
PbMoO4
Crystal system:
Tetragonal
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