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Pyromorphite On Quartz Psm Baryte

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Pyromorphite On Quartz Psm Baryte

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 4.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Interesting little specimen with well-colored pyromorphite on a quartz-pseudomorph after baryte.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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