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Pyromorphite With Plumbogummite

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Pyromorphite With Plumbogummite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Badenweiler, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 6 cm
Description

Very interesting specimen with plumbogummite (partly pseudomorph after ...) on pyromorphite (first gneration gray crystals! - second acicular green!) with some massive cerussite and dark green malachite crusts, plus some minor blue azurite oin quartz.

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

Plumbogummite

Formula: 
PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France

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