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Galena & Pyromorphite

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Galena & Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Gute Hoffnung Mine, Bleibur, Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Two galena crystals sit in a quartz-pebble-conglomerate. Don't miss the clear white to light brown pyromorphite crystals in one corner.

Also there seem to be microscopic cerussite crystals covering the galena. But I don't have the equipment to photograph this.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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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