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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

found by Prof. Wotruba, TU Aachen
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Description
Locality: 
Pfingstwiese Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 7.2 × 4 cm
Description

This is the very best pyromorphite from the Pfingstwiese mine I had in my hands so far. If you trim the one not-so-exciting corner you have a specimen with more than 95% covered with green pyromorphite crystals. Really stunning. Take a look at those great pyro-'cauliflower'-aggregates and the size of the thing. Only two little, ignorable dings.

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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