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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Pyromorphite Mine, Mount Shoobridge, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

A large specimen with small yellow pyromorphite crystals to 2mm across forming small flattened prisms on a quartz matrix. A small parcel of specimens were obtained last year when the leaseholders were assessing the mine's specimen potential.

 

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