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Vauquelinite Pyromorphite & Galena Psm

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Vauquelinite Pyromorphite & Galena Psm

ex collection M. Voigt
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Grünbleiberg Mine, Niedergelpe, Bergisches Land, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.5 × 4.2 cm
Description

Dark green vauquelinite with moss-green, double-terminated pyromorphite crystals with yellowish tips. Plus a hollow galena cast (perimorph). Rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vauquelinite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
7.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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

Galena

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

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