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Pyromorphite On Limonite

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Pyromorphite On Limonite

Staatl. Mineralienniederlage, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
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Description
Locality: 
Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A specimen of rarely seen light brown pyromorphite crystals on well contrasting dark brown limonite matrix.

The pyromorphite crystals sit on all sides of the matrix in vugs. Some contact damage here and there but not dramatic. Most probably 19th century find.

Original label.

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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