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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Imilchil, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 8.1 × 6.2 cm
Description

Fantastic, glossy green pyromorphite crystals on vuggy limonite matrix. From the recent new find this is the nicest specimen I could find.

The crystals are so lustrous that the reflections 'blend' the crystals almost into a single, glossy mass. But I promise you, they are all very well defined. And it's a very nice, displayable specimen.

The luster of this material can be compared to the best of Chinese pyromorphite.

Some unidentified creamy, glossy colorless crystals on the backside - maybe cerussite? ... mimetite?

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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