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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Black Star Open Cut, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 8.3 × 2.8 cm
Description

Yellow green hexagonal crystals of pyromorphite up to 5 mm long on an ochre coloured matrix.

The base has been sawn so the specimen sits flat. Good coverage and colour. No damage.

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
Gondwana Minerals