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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm
Description

Fine sample of bi-colored pyromorphite crystals from one of the most famous localities for the species. Material from the Pfingstwiese mine is much rarer than from Rosenberg or Friedrichssegen Mines. One of my last two specimen.

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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