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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed pyromorphite crystal group (2019-05-24-22 Raman conf.). Associated minerals are plumbogummite, germanite and chalcocite. 

 

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