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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Feldberg Peak, Feldberg, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very interestingly colored, glossy pyromorphite crystals, forming a dense 'lawn' on rough quartzite.
A tectonic crack in the 'lawn' (typical from this find), otherwise fine.

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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