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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Grünbleiberg Mine, Niedergelpe, Bergisches Land, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.2 × 9 × 4.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A very good and large pyromorphite specimen from the Grünbleiberg Mine with a very rich coverage of pyromorphite crystals up to 5 mm on matrix. The pyromorphite has a broad spectrum of colours, ranging from brown to almost black and from light green to dark green. Many crystals are colour zoned. Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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