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Pyromorphite On Quartz

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Pyromorphite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
La Vidale, Asprières, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18 × 11 × 8 cm
Description

Outstanding large specimen with big, lustrous apple-green crystals. The most unusual and biggest specimen from the locality I've seen.
The locality was opened about four years ago, but this a totally new find. Color, size and crystal shape like this very rare from this locality (or anywhere else).

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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