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Pyromorphite On Limonite

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Pyromorphite On Limonite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 8.7 × 6.8 cm
Description

Very rich specimen with hundreds of nicely shaped and colored elongated "tons" of pyromorphite, well contrasted by the dark limonite matrix.

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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