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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A beautiful cluster of intergrown pyromorphite crystals up to 2 cm from the 1900's, from this famous old locale.

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