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Pyromorphite On Quartz & Baryte

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Pyromorphite On Quartz & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.1 × 7.5 × 5.4 cm
Weight: 
330.00gr
Description

Tiny green-yellow pyromorphite kegs on white pyramidal quartz crystals and baryte baldes. These very distinctive specimens were found at the very end of the mining activity, in the deepest levels of the mine.

Mined around 1980-1981 just before the definitive closure of this worlwide known locality.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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