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Pyromorphite

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MGR199303

Pyromorphite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Beim Stollen Mine, Tanzfleck, Grafenwöhr, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm
Description

The crystals show neon green-yellow color, they are sharp terminated and very glossy. The contrast to red-brown matrix gives great visual impact to the specimen. Although there are some broken crystals, most of them are undamaged and it is still a very nice, representative specimen for this famous classic locality.

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