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Pyromorphite

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Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 2 × 2.4 cm
Description

Sometimes a photo don´t do justice to a piece - a camera; a photo simply can´t capture the tri-dimensional assemble of a specimen. This here is a curved aggregate - like a spiral from left to right hand side and also from front to back, formed similar like a spiral staircase. the crystals are all double terminated, glossy and show a color between brown and olive-green. 

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