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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mercur Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.6 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

This is a very rare specimen of very large, deep brown, lustrous pyromorphite crystals from a classic locale in Germany.

Ex Armin Wnedland collection.

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