| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Wulfenite |
| Formula: | Pb(MoO4) |
| Comments: | The Phoenixville mining district is the only Pennsylvania locale where wulfenite is found in any abundance, yet even here, the crystals are small and widely scattered. Wheatley wulfenite varies widely in both form and color, even within an area as small as a single specimen. The mineral Stolzite was incorrectly identified here, in part due to wulfenites variety of habit in such close association. Wheatley himself made this error in identification (Genth; Min PA 1875, pg.145) as did Samuel Gordon (Min PA 1922, pg.148). Not until 1965 was a specimen of supposed stolzite x-ray powder tested and proven to be simply grayish, pyramidal crystals of wulfenite. |
| Habit: | vary widely from square platy tablets to elongated steeply pyamidal |
| Colour: | vary widely from bright yellow, reddish orange to greyish |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Pyromorphite | ⓘ23 photos of Wulfenite associated with Pyromorphite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ16 photos of Wulfenite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Leadhillite | ⓘ1 photo of Wulfenite associated with Leadhillite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Wulfenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (13 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 142990 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:142990:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1b526695-252b-4d3c-9c67-3c961615ae4d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite |
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| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘChester County Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘSouthwest Chester County Mine (New Chester County Mine), Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘBrookdale Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘPhoenix Mine, Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘCharleston Mine, Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 6.7km (4.2 miles) | ⓘEcton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 7.2km (4.5 miles) | ⓘWhim shaft, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 7.4km (4.6 miles) | ⓘPerkiomen Copper Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 37.5km (23.3 miles) | ⓘDoan's Lead Mine (New Britain Mine), New Galena, New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 70.2km (43.6 miles) | ⓘPequea Silver Mine, Pequea Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| References |
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Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. |
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