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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.2 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

A large sample of classic pyromorphite from Bad Ems. Brown pyromorphite barrels up to 1.4 cm rich on matrix.

A lot of the crystals are terminated with pinkish-brown caps and most are covered with layer of very tiny second generation pyromorphite crystals.

Comes with an old label. Very nice specimen.

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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