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Stolzite: Ste.-Lucie Mine, Ste.-Leger de Peyre Lozere, France.(Connoisseur's Choice)

From: Rocks & Minerals  |  Date: 11/1/2004  |  Author: Cook, Robert B.

Although wulfenite (PbM[O.sub.4]) is acknowledged by virtually everyone as one of the premier collectible minerals, its rarer isostructural sibling stolzite (PbW[O.sub.4]) is far less known despite its many interesting occurrences. True, there is no stolzite equivalent of wulfenite's Red Cloud mine, yet attractive, somewhat wulfenite-like stolzite specimens have been found at a number of localities. Consequently, and perhaps inspired by the interesting comparison between stolzite and ...

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