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Pyromorphite On Malachite

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Pyromorphite On Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Aggregates of small, prismatic, apple green Pyromorphite crystals (many doubly terminated) on a bed of Emerald green botryoidal Malachite. This is a Stunning specimen from a world class deposit!

Collected in November 2010.

This location has been flooded since 2012 and is not likely to produce any more specimens!

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0