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Galena Psm Pyromorphite

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Galena Psm Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Kautenbach Mine, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A classic, old-time and desirable German specimen of gunmetal-gray galena after pyromorphite barrels nicely set on matrix from the famed Kautenbach Mine.

The largest crystal is 10 mm.

Certainly one of the most sought-after German mineral species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

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

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