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Pyromorphite

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Locality: 
Gute Hoffnung Mine, Bleibur, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 5.9 × 4 cm
Description

One of the most beautiful specimen I got from this locality. A second generation of lustrous green pyromorphite, bigger than the first generation crystals, has grown on a lawn of blueish-green crystals typical for the locality. There's not much left of this material.

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

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