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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

ex Peter Maurer collection

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Description
Locality: 
Saint-Salvy Mine, Tarn, Occitanie, France
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Rich specimen of pyromorphite covered with many gras-green tufts of pyromorphite. Found around 1977.

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