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Crocoite With Pyromorphite

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Crocoite With Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Platt Prospect, Dundas, Zeehan, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.3 × 3 cm
Description

An interesting cabinet specimen featuring gemmy red micro crocoite crystals have formed together with olive green micro pyromorphite crystals on a gossanous matrix.

This specimen may also lend itself to the production of many nice micromounts.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Crocoite

Formula: 
Pb(CrO4)
Strunz: 
7.FA.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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
Gondwana Minerals