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Pyromorphite

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Locality: 
Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

A very rare and superb quality piece from the locality!This is an important European pyromorphite specimen!The locality usually gives a more blocky type of crystals!Here we have a cluster of elegant,sharp,super lustrous crystals!The two tones of color, green and yellow, sky rocket the quality and set the piece apart from many others!The piece shows minimal damage and it displays amazingly!A rare style for a the species!

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

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