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Pyromorphite & Plumbogummite

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Pyromorphite & Plumbogummite

Raman conf. specimen no 2109-05-24-10

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm
Description

Raman conf. specimen no 2109-05-24-10 hosting colourless pyromorphite on plumbogummite-galloplumbogummite. 

Analysis attached. 

 

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

Plumbogummite

Formula: 
PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O
Strunz: 
8.BL.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Huelgoat (Locmaria-Berrien), Finistère, Brittany, France
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Pyromorphite & Plumbogummite