WULFENITE

WHAT COLORS DO WULFENITE COME IN

• Orange-Yellow
• Honey Yellow Rarely colorless
• Reddish-Orange
• Grey Olive Green
• Brown Black

WHAT CAN WULFENITE BE USED FOR

• Pencil Lead
• Molybdenum
• Collections
• Jewelry

FUN FACTS

• Chemical Formula- PbMO4
• Mineral Group- Scheelite Group
• Streak- White
• Hardness- 2.75-3.00
• Luster- Adamantine, Resinous

SPECIFIC GRAVITY

• 6.50-7.00

More Fun Facts!!!!!

• Transparency- transparent to translucent
• Class- Tungstate's, Molybdenum
• Cleavage/Fracture- Irregular to sub conchoidal
• Shape- Block, jagged

Where can Wulfinite be found in the World

• It can be found in the following states
• Arizona, New Mexico, Utah
• Not common in the U.S.A

How was it discovered

• A man was in a mining tunnel in Russia and
• when he came across it he showed it off.