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Pyromorphite

found by Prof. Wotruba, TU Aachen

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Description
Locality: 
Bergmannstrost Mine, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Uncommonly formed brown pyromorphite crystals on slate. In some parts the crystals look like hay bundles, in other parts like tridents or besoms.
Material from the Bergmannstrost mine is the rarest from the Bad Ems area to appear on the market.

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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