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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Green-yellowish-brownish Pyromorphite crystals on Quartz matrix with some Limonite, from the most classic locality for the species in Japan. The whole green part is made up of small Pyromorphite crystals, very nice under lupe.

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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