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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

EDS conf. specimen no 20-02-18-fb46

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm
Description

EDS conf. specimen no 20-02-18-fb46 hosting beige-brown pyromorphite on germanite. The mineralogical assemblage in germanite is often dominated by phosphate, which are rare from the Tsumeb mine. 

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