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Pyromorphite On Quartz

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Pyromorphite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Vereinigung Mine, Eisenbach, Selters, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 4.6 × 4.5 cm
Description

Very good, apple-green, glossy pyromorphite crystals on white quartz matrix. For this locality it is an exceptional specimen. Pyromorphite from Eisenbach is much rarer than from the nearby Jeanette mine.

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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