Wulfenite WF001

Wulfenite from
Nakhlak Mine (Madan-e Nakhlak; Ma’dan-e-Nahlak), Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran

Wulfenite is a lead molybdate mineral with the formula PbMoO₄. It can be most often found as thin tabular crystals with a bright orange-red to yellow-orange color, sometimes brown, although the color can be highly variable. In its yellow form it is sometimes called “yellow lead ore”.

Madan-e Nakhlak (Persian: معدن نخلك, also Romanized as Maʿdan-e Nakhlak; also known as Nakhlak)^[1] is a village in Chupanan Rural District, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 55, in 52 families.^[2]