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Pyromorphite With Goethite

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Pyromorphite With Goethite

from my personal collection, self-found in 2009
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Jeanette Mine, Kransberg, Usingen, Hochtaunus, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.4 × 3 cm
Description

A lucky find on a field near the old mine's dumps. I guess nobody got the idea to look there ...
Very fine apple-greencrystals with botryoidal goethite spheres nestled in between.

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

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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