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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

José Luis Otero's collection

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Description
Locality: 
Gute Hoffnung Mine, Bleibur, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.4 × 2 cm
Description

A beautiful micro green pyromorphite from Germany.

The original label says Ilfeld, Harz, but the locality of this item is probably Gute Hoffnung mine, Mechernich, Eifel. 

This specimen is over a methacrylate base.

José Luis Otero’s collection (serial number 1491).

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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