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Pyromorphite

ex collection Rolf Heeren
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Description
Locality: 
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 6.3 × 3 cm
Description

Super-classic, representative specimen of dark, fir-green pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix. Rosenberg is surely the most classic and best German locality for green paromorphite. The crystals on this specimen are bi-colored with many second generation multi-tipped ends. Very interesting.

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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