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Pyromorphite & Galena On Agate

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Pyromorphite & Galena On Agate

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Description
Locality: 
Silberbrunnle Mine, Haigerach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Very interesting specimen with apple-green, almost botryoidal pyromorphite crystals and minor galena on agate. The specimen has been cut and polished on the backside to show the agate structure.

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

Galena

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

Agate

Variety Of: 

Chalcedony

Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

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