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Pyromorphite & Cerussite

Ex George Fletcher Collection (UK)

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Description
Locality: 
Belton Grain Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Bright yellow microcrystals of pyromorphite covering a vuggy quartz matrix. In addition an epimorph after galena can be clearly seen and this is lined with small cerussite crystals.

Ex George Fletcher Collection #2277

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

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Provenance

George Fletcher Collection

Tue, 2015-09-29 15:51 -- admin
Some History
Name: 
George Fletcher
Dates: 
present
Type: 
Collector/Collection
Specialisms: 
Derbyshire/Midlands, Weardale, United Kingdom
About

George Fletcher lives, worked and collected a lot in the Derbyshire, Peak distrct however as a prolific collector travelled all over the...

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