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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

A classic, old-time specimen of highly lustrous, "wet-look", light brown pyromorphite prisms and needles richly and attractively covering quartz-rich matrix from the famous Rosenberg Mine at Bad Ems, Germany.

With lustrous galena crystals on the back side of this interesting 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