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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Beautiful and sharp, yellow-brown pyromorphite crystals on matrix from the classic locale in Idaho, USA.

Old specimen - ex Rheinländer 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