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Pyromorphite On Quartz

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Pyromorphite On Quartz

ex coll. Sebastian Axt
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Description
Locality: 
Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 8 × 5.2 cm
Description

Big specimen with hundreds of moss-green pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix (pseudomorph after baryte?).

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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