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Pyromorphite & Goethite On Quartz

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Pyromorphite & Goethite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Jeanette Mine, Kransberg, Usingen, Hochtaunus, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice pyromorphite specimen with blocky, apple-green crystals in a vug. I just noticed small botryoidal black aggregates on the brownish surface (not pictured). Might be goethite, or something more 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

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Quartz

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

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