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Wulfenite from
Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


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Wulfenite

Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Wulfenite

Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Wulfenite

Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Locality type:Sub-municipality
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Comments:Often associated with richellite and pyromorphite
Habit:prismatic crystals ending in steep pyramids up to 1mm
Colour:white, yellow
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Richelle, Visé, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:92220
Long-form Identifier:1:3:92220:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
51.7km (32.1 miles) ⓘThier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘMaubacher Bleiberg, Hürtgenwald, Düren, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
68.1km (42.3 miles) ⓘGottessegen open pit, Griesberg, Kommern, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
71.2km (44.3 miles) ⓘBreitenbenden, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
79.1km (49.1 miles) ⓘSur les Roches quarry, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Fransolet, A.-M., Jedwab, J., Van Tassel, R. (1974) Inventaire minéralogique de Richelles, Belgique. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 27, 23-26.
Fransolet, A.-M., Jedwab, J., Van Tassel, R. (1977) Minéraux secondaires plombifères (cérusite, anglésite, pyromorphite, corkite et wulfénite) de Richelle, Belgique. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique, 100, 1-7.
Van Tassel, R., Fransolet, A.-M., Abraham, K. (1979) Drugmanite, Pb2(Fe3+,Al) (PO4)2(OH) · H2O, a new mineral from Richelle, Belgium. Mineralogical Magazine, 43 (328) 463-467 doi:10.1180/minmag.1979.043.328.03
Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Houssa, M., Coune, F. (2000) Native gold, native silver and secondary minerals in the quartz veins from Bastogne, Belgium. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 70, 223-229.
Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique (2nd ed.) Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles.
 
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